Title: Sleep deprivation and methamphetamine–seeking behavior: a role for the cannabinoid CB1 receptors

Biography: I am Mehdi Khodamoradi, a young faculty member (Assistant Professor) at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. I have B.Sc. in Radiology (from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran), M.Sc. in Anatomical Sciences (from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran), and Ph.D. in Neuroscience (from Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran). I have experienced a period of internship at Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan (2011). I have also participated with a presentation at three IBRO/APRC Neuroscience School at Tehran, Iran (2013), Varanasi, India (2015), and Chandigarh, India (2016). My favorite research areas are the linking between learning and memory mechanisms, sleep loss and addictive behaviors using experimental (rodent) models.