NSTC-Research Grant

NSTC-Research Project Grant
Year  Project name

2024    Assessment of oxytocin, environmental enrichment, and glutamate for treatment of PTSD in the brain in the animal model (Multi-year grant project)

2024    Effects of group psychotherapy and probiotics in modulating the gut–brain axis to alleviate depressive symptoms (Taiwan–Poland multi-year collaborative research project)

2023    Optogenetic modulation and memory encoding to investigate morphine-induced positive and negative learning during memory retrieval (Multi-year grant project)

2022    Social support and emotion regulation as interventions to alleviate trauma-induced alcohol dependence

2021    Using the optogenetic approach examines early PTSD experiences affecting the rewarding and aversive effect of morphine in the prelimbic cortex and basolateral amygdala pathway

2019    Using optogenetic approach to examine the neural mechanisms of the paradoxical effect hypothesis of abused drugs

2018    The paradoxical effect hypothesis of abused drugs in neural mechanisms

2017    Elucidation of the rewarding and aversive effects of drugs of abuse in brain: reexamination of the reward comparison hypothesis

2016    Examinations of the reward comparison hypothesis (III): the rewarding and aversive effects of drugs of abuse

2013    Examinations of the reward comparison hypothesis (II): the medial prefrontal cortex-amygdala pathway and corticosterone tests (Multi-year grant project)

2012    Dexamethasone facilitates footshock stress interfering with methamphetamine-induced taste suppression in female rats: Examinations of the reward comparison hypothesis

2011    Effects of Footshock Stress in Different Genders to LiCl- and Methamphetamine-Induced Tastant Suppression

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NSTC-Research Grant for University Student

1. Lin, Y.-C., & Huang, A.C.W. (2024). Brain mechanisms of P2X7 receptor regulation in morphine-induced conditioned taste aversion and conditioned place preference. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

2. Tsai, Y.-J., & Huang, A.C.W. (2023). Brain mechanisms of metabotropic glutamate receptor regulation during extinction in post-traumatic stress disorder. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

3. Pan, C.-I., & Huang, A.C.W. (2022). Effects of environmental enrichment on morphine-induced conditioned place preference: Role of BDNF and TrkB signaling. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

4. Liu, J.-H., & Huang, A.C.W. (2022). Brain mechanisms of metabotropic glutamate receptor regulation in amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

5. Yu, Y.-C., & Huang, A.C.W. (2021). Effects of traumatic stress on amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization and conditioned taste aversion: Involvement of the glutamate system. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

6. Kuan, H.-L., & Huang, A.C.W. (2018). Testing the reward comparison hypothesis: Disruption of VTA–NAc projection and morphine-induced taste aversion in a T-maze. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

7. Chang, K.-C., & Huang, A.C.W. (2017). The role of nucleus accumbens shell and lateral hypothalamus in morphine-induced conditioned taste aversion. (NSTC Undergraduate Student Research Program)
    

8. Chang, F.-Y., & Huang, A.C.W. (2014). Effects of methamphetamine-induced dopamine sensitization on negative conditioning and extinction. (NSTC Summer Research Program)
    

9. Wu, W., & Huang, A.C.W. (2014). Effects of brain dopamine system on passive avoidance learning and extinction in rats. (NSTC Summer Research Program)
    

10. Ou, C.-Y., & Huang, A.C.W. (2013). Effects of disrupting VTA–NAc projection on morphine-induced suppression in taste conditioning. (NSTC Summer Research Program)
     

11. Lee, W.-L., & Huang, A.C.W. (2012). Effects of nucleus accumbens lesions on positive and negative conditioning learning. (NSTC Summer Research Program)
     

12. Meng, W.-Y., & Huang, A.C.W. (2009). Neural mechanisms of positive and negative alcohol effects via the GABA system. (NSTC Summer Research Program)​

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