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M. Foster Olive heads the Addiction Neuroscience Laboratory at Arizona State University. His group is interested in examining how abused drugs affect the brain on a neurobiological level.
He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from University of California at San Diego, and his doctoral degree in neuroscience from University of California at Los Angeles. His postdoctoral research was performed at Stanford University and the University of California at San Francisco. His research has been published in journals such as Psychopharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroscience, and Nature Neuroscience, and he currently serves on the editorial boards for Neuropsychopharmacology, Addiction Biology, Neuropharmacology, and Frontiers in Pharmacology. Professor Olive’s research is supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
His group is interested in examining how abused drugs affect the brain on a neurobiological level. Specifically, what long-lasting changes do abused drugs produce in the brain that ultimately result in dependence and addiction? Can these changes be minimized or reversed? What makes some individuals vulnerable to addiction while others are resilient? Under what circumstances, and in what brain regions, do drugs produce toxic effects on neurons and other cell types? Given the poor outcomes of existing treatments for addictive disorders, our ultimate goal is to identify novel biological targets for innovative therapies that can be integrated into other treatment approaches to facilitate healing of the addicted brain.
Current research projects in the laboratory utilize model organisms to examine:
Addiction Neuroscience Laboratory
https://psychology.clas.asu.edu/research/labs/addiction-neuroscience-laboratory-olive
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 307 | Your Brain on Drugs |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 591 | Seminar |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 307 | Your Brain on Drugs |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 307 | Your Brain on Drugs |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 470 | Psychopharmacology |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 570 | Psychopharmacology |
Summer 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 426 | Neuroanatomy |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 526 | Neuroanatomy |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Summer 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2014
Invited Speaker, Synthetic cathinones (bath salts): recent studies on assessment of their abuse liability and toxicity, California State University at Long Beach and California State University at San Bernardino, CA
Invited Speaker, NK1 antagonists for stimulant use disorders, Emerging Targets for Stimulant Use Disorders Meeting, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD
Invited Speaker, Development of a viral construct expressing a light-activated mGluR5 receptor (OptoXR-mGluR5) for optogenetic applications, 8th International Meeting on Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Invited Panelist, Town Hall Debate, Lessons from Colorado: Legalizing marijuana is good for Arizona communities, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University West Campus
2015
Invited Panelist, Early life stress effects on methamphetamine self-administration: a potential role for MeCP2, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Big Sky, MT
Invited Speaker, Progress towards development of a viral construct expressing a light-activated mGluR5 receptor (OptoXR-mGluR5) for optogenetic applications, Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Invited Speaker, Effects of mGluR5 receptor potentiation in rodent models of addiction: pharmacological studies and new optogenetic tools, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Invited Panelist, Glutamatergic medications for substance use disorders are we there yet? Annual Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2016
Invited Panelist, Repeated binge-like intake of the synthetic cathinone MDPV and its cognitive and neurological sequelae, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Breckenridge, CO
Invited Speaker, Potential neurotoxic and neuroinflammatory effects of long-term intake of the synthetic cathinone MDPV, Department of Pharmacology, Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Elected to American College of Neuropsychopharmacology as Associate Member
2007 Nominee, Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
2011 Elected to American College of Neuropsychopharmacology as Regular Member
2012 Nominee, Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University
2015 Elected to Leadership Academy, Neuroscience Team, Office of Knowledge and Enterprise Development, Arizona State University
Editorial Board Memberships
CNS & Neurological Disorders Drug Targets
Addiction Biology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Behavioural Pharmacology
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research
Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery
Frontiers in Pharmacology
Neuropharmacology
Guest Editor
Neuronal and glial structural plasticity induced by drugs of abuse, Special Research Topic of Frontiers in Pharmacology
Society for Neuroscience, International Society for Neurochemistry, Research Society on Alcoholism, International Drug Abuse Research Society, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Society for the Study of Addiction
Student Affairs and Grievances Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University
Leadership Academy, Neuroscience Team, Arizona State University
University Laboratory Safety Committee, Arizona State University
Board of Scientific Counselors, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Neuroscience Review Subcommittee AA-4, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Special Award Judge, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Society for Science & the Public
Membership Committee, College on Problems of Drug Dependence and American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Education and Training Committee, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Ad hoc reviewer for Israel Science Foundation, Foundation for Polish Science, Czech Science Foundation, National Science Foundation, Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Medical Research
Doctoral Dissertation Committees (chair or co-chair): Amber LaCrosse (Department of Psychology, 2010-2014), Lucas Watterson (Department of Psychology, 2011-2014), Candace Lewis (Department of Psychology, 2011-2015), Elizabeth Watterson (Department of Psychology, 2011-2015), Devin Taylor (Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, 2011-2015), Seven Tomek (Department of Psychology, 2016-present)
2003-2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco; 2005-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina; 2010-2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University; 2012-present, Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University