INTRODUCTION

The 2006 Frontiers in Addiction Research mini-convention brought together participants from all over the world, representing a diverse array of scientific disciplines, to share cutting-edge advances in research and to discuss future directions in the neuroscience of drug abuse and addiction. Many of the discoveries and research advances discussed here hold great promise for eventual translation into effective interventions to treat and prevent the serious public health problems of drug abuse and addiction and their related health and social consequences.