Alcohol Research

Peer-reviewed scientific research published on behalf of the and

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Nominations are still open for the ACER Journal Award recognizing graduate student & postdoc first authors!
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May's highlighted articles cover how metabolic dysfunction in AUD patients with obesity can raise relapse risk, the role of relationships in recovery, risky behaviors in teens exposed to alcohol in utero, and the need to consider sex differences and relapse when translating animal studies to clinical treatments. Read summaries here: https://t.co/wBkGiyXTpv

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Prenatal alcohol exposure and the development of multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: A birth cohort study https://t.co/7Ee9AmlBMP

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Alcohol Consumption Guidance Without Quantitative Limits: Implications for Risk Communication in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans https://t.co/rX6pzJJ2xY

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Insights on media alcohol exposure following daily self-monitoring: Strategies for prevention and intervention in adolescents https://t.co/ey138MJfTl

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New critical review on the potential of GLP-1 agonists as a treatment for alcohol use disorder https://t.co/2rJRrRTKUO

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Missing data sensitivity analyses for alcohol research https://t.co/1GzMbbnGOH

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Dysmorphological and neuropsychological phenotypes of prenatally alcohol-exposed six-year-old children − a prospective longitudinal birth cohort study https://t.co/sjgHExxe12

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A scoping review of preclinical paradigms for clinically tested medications in alcohol use disorder https://t.co/2JC8fMIkNg

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Alterations in glucose and insulin resistance following stress and alcohol cues predict alcohol craving in those with AUD and obesity: A preliminary study https://t.co/rFQtNrHotP

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Astrocytes and Interleukin-1β in the Dorsal Hippocampus Contribute to Enhanced Fear Learning Following Ethanol and Stress https://t.co/p0G7aXQ0lI

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April’s highlighted articles explore childhood adversity as a risk factor for prenatal alcohol use, recovery after alcohol-associated hepatitis, therapeutic targets for alcohol-associated liver disease and AUD, and cognitive decline in older adults with problematic alcohol use https://t.co/4yHkraf22Q

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Factors associated with alcohol abstinence in North American Indigenous youth: Age, gender, and cultural identity https://t.co/4tqbFJ51b3

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Development and pilot test of a novel digital social support intervention for reducing hazardous alcohol use https://t.co/v9mkNH4qlJ

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Etiological development of alcohol use and dependence from adolescence to midlife in a longitudinal community study of twins https://t.co/hrTAs164hP

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Intertemporal decision-making, nucleus accumbens activation, and alcohol use trajectories in young adults with a family history of alcohol use disorder https://t.co/opNCaeMVm5

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Using routinely collected data from the Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies database to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on trends in service delivery in outpatient non-government alcohol and other drug treatment services https://t.co/GpNzvzmD89

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Context-Dependent Extinction and Return of Pavlovian Alcohol-Seeking Behavior in Male and Female Rats https://t.co/4VnuK38i9h

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Ethanol alters the neurexin landscape in human neuroblastoma cells https://t.co/nhX42e3lgE

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Associations of Low-Level Prenatal Alcohol and Cannabis Exposure With Adolescent Cognitive Trajectories https://t.co/DlsR8HNPlM

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Acute ethanol significantly enhances GABAergic transmission in the central lateral amygdala of alcohol-naïve and alcohol-dependent male rats https://t.co/TkCf9eqX1b