Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders

J MacKillop, R Agabio, SW Feldstein Ewing… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Alcohol is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive drugs globally. Hazardous
drinking, defined by quantity and frequency of consumption, is associated with acute and …

Assessing negative affect in mice during abstinence from alcohol drinking: Limitations and future challenges

S Bloch, KM Holleran, TL Kash, EM Vazey, JA Rinker… - Alcohol, 2022 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is frequently comorbid with mood disorders, and these co-
occurring neuropsychiatric disorders contribute to the development and maintenance of …

Advancements in the alcohol-associated liver disease model

L Zhu, HD Li, JJ Xu, JJ Li, M Cheng, XM Meng… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is an intricate disease that results in a broad
spectrum of liver damage. The presentation of ALD can include simple steatosis …

Applying the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment to derive neurofunctional domains in individuals who use methamphetamine

SJ Nieto, LA Ray - Behavioural brain research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment (ANA) was proposed as a neuroscience-
informed clinical framework to understand heterogeneity in addiction encompassing …

A novel morphine drinking model of opioid dependence in rats

P Berríos-Cárcamo, M Quezada, D Santapau… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
An animal model of voluntary oral morphine consumption would allow for a pre-clinical
evaluation of new treatments aimed at reducing opioid intake in humans. However, the main …

Species comparison: human and minipig PBMC reactivity under the influence of immunomodulating compounds in vitro

CPS Pernold, E Lagumdzic, M Stadler… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Considering the similarities between swine and humans, it is a logical consequence to use
swine as a translational model in research and drug development, including non-clinical …

Translational models of addiction phenotypes to advance addiction pharmacotherapy

LA Ray, SJ Nieto, EN Grodin - … of the New York Academy of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol and substance use disorders are heterogeneous conditions with limited effective
treatment options. While there have been prior attempts to classify addiction subtypes, they …

Mifepristone as a pharmacological intervention for stress‐induced alcohol craving: A human laboratory study

CL Haass‐Koffler, M Magill, N Cannella… - Addiction …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Preclinical and clinical work suggests that mifepristone may be a viable treatment for alcohol
use disorder (AUD). This was a Phase 1/2, outpatient, cross‐over, randomized, double …

Novel medications for problematic alcohol use

M Heilig, K Witkiewitz, LA Ray… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Alcohol-related harm, a major cause of disease burden globally, affects people along a
spectrum of use. When a harmful pattern of drinking is present in the absence of significant …

Linking ethanol-addictive behaviors with brain catecholamines: Release pattern matters

VP Grinevich, EM Krupitsky, RR Gainetdinov… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Using a variety of animal models that simulate key features of the alcohol use disorder
(AUD), remarkable progress has been made in identifying neurochemical targets that may …