Overview
Currently at the University of Bordeaux in France, Serge Ahmend is a neuroscientist with expertise in animal experiments.
Work
Papers
- Imbalance between drug and non-drug reward availability: A major risk factor for addiction (2005) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014299905009659
“I review evidence showing that this apparent vulnerability results in large part from the lack of positive (i.e., alternative non-drug rewards) and negative (i.e., costs) incentives capable of turning animals away from the pursuit of drugs. In particular, most animals seem to take drugs and eventually become addicted, not because drugs are intrinsically addictive, but more likely because drugs are the only significant sources of reward available in the laboratory.”