Bryon Adinoff, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Distinguished Professorship in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Research
Psychiatry
Graduate Program: Clinical Psychology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-6975
Office Fax: 214-645-6976

bryon.adinoff@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Dr. Adinoff is Professor and Distinguished Professorship of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He is also the Chief of the Division on Addictions at the UT Southwestern Medical Center and a staff psychiatrist at the VA North Texas Health Care System. He has published over 100 articles and chapters on the biology and treatment of addiction. Dr. Adinoff research is funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Education

Graduate SchoolMichigan State University (1979)

Research Interests

Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders
Neuroimaging and Neuroendocrine Probes of Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Publications

Featured
Serum NPY and BNDF response to a behavioral stressor in alcohol-dependent and healthy control participants.

Meng D, Wu T, Rao U, North CS, Xiao H, Javors MA, Adinoff B, Psychopharmacology, 2011 Jul; :59-67

Featured
Addictive-like behaviours to ultraviolet light among frequent indoor tanners.

Harrington CR, Beswick TC, Leitenberger J, Minhajuddin A, Jacobe HT, Adinoff B, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 2011 Jan; 36 (1):33-8

Featured
The limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the development of alcohol use disorders in youth.

Schepis TS, Rao U, Yadav H, Adinoff B, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2011 Apr; 35 (4):595-605

Featured
Activation of the mesostriatal reward pathway with exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) vs. sham UVR in frequent tanners: a pilot study.

Harrington CR, Beswick TC, Graves M, Jacobe HT, Harris TS, Kourosh S, Devous Sr MD, Adinoff B, Addiction biology, 2011 Apr;

Featured
Time to Relapse Questionnaire (TRQ): a measure of sudden relapse in substance dependence.

Adinoff B, Talmadge C, Williams MJ, Schreffler E, Jackley PK, Krebaum SR, The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2010 May; 36 (3):140-9

Featured
Altered neural cholinergic receptor systems in cocaine-addicted subjects.

Adinoff B, Devous MD, Williams MJ, Best SE, Harris TS, Minhajuddin A, Zielinski T, Cullum M, Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010 Jun; 35 (7):1485-99

Featured
Neural response to lidocaine in healthy subjects.

Adinoff B, Devous MD, Cooper DC, Best SE, Harris TS, Williams MJ, Psychiatry research, 2009 Aug; 173 (2):135-42

Featured
The role of acetylcholine in cocaine addiction.

Williams MJ, Adinoff B, Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008 Jul; 33 (8):1779-97

Featured
Differential hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activation of the neuroactive steroids pregnenolone sulfate and deoxycorticosterone in healthy controls and alcohol-dependent subjects.

Porcu P, O?Buckley TK, Morrow AL, Adinoff B. , Psychoneuroendocrinology , 2008; (33):214-226

Books

Neuroimaging in Addiction

Adinoff B, Stein ES, Wiley-Blackwell 2011

Honors/Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Elected Alumnus, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University (2002)

GEICO Public Service Award for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse

(1997)

Psychiatry Golden Apple Award, Psychiatry Clerkship

(1991)

NIAAA Fellowship

(1983)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry - Founding Member

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

American Psychiatric Association

College for Problems on Drug Dependence

Research Society on Alcoholism