Animal models of excessive alcohol consumption in rodents

HC Becker, MF Lopez - 2024 - Springer
The development of animal models that demonstrate excessive levels of alcohol
consumption has played an important role in advancing our knowledge about …

From a systems view to spotting a hidden island: a narrative review implicating insula function in alcoholism

WH Sommer, S Canals, A Bifone, M Heilig, P Hyytiä - Neuropharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive use of alcohol promotes the development of alcohol addiction, but the
understanding of how alcohol-induced brain alterations lead to addiction remains limited. To …

[HTML][HTML] A novel mouse model for vulnerability to alcohol dependence induced by early-life adversity

A Okhuarobo, JL Bolton, I Igbe, EP Zorrilla… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Childhood adversity increases vulnerability to alcohol use disorders and preclinical models
are needed to investigate the underlying neurobiological mechanisms. The present study …

Impact of substance use disorder pharmacotherapy on executive function: a narrative review

K Butler, B Le Foll - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Substance use disorders are chronic, relapsing, and harmful conditions characterized by
executive dysfunction. While there are currently no approved pharmacotherapy options for …

Resveratrol impairs acquisition, reinstatement and precipitates extinction of alcohol-induced place preference in mice

O Yunusoğlu - Neurological Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Alcohol abuse causes several neurological disorders. Resveratrol is a natural
polyphenol that occurs as a phytoalexin. In different studies, it has been investigated that …

The effect of chronic alcohol on cognitive decline: do variations in methodology impact study outcome? An overview of research from the past 5 years

AJ Charlton, CJ Perry - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Excessive alcohol use is often associated with accelerated cognitive decline, and extensive
research using animal models of human alcohol consumption has been conducted into …

Good practice guideline for preclinical alcohol research: the STRINGENCY framework

MW Meinhardt, B Gerlach, R Spanagel - 2024 - Springer
Research in the field of preclinical alcohol research, but also science in general, has a
problem: Many published scientific results cannot be repeated. As a result, findings from …

Alcohol and the dopamine system.

B Söderpalm, M Ericson - International Review of Neurobiology, 2024 - europepmc.org
The mesolimbic dopamine pathway plays a major role in drug reinforcement and is likely
involved also in the development of drug addiction. Ethanol, like most addictive drugs …

Acamprosate reduces ethanol intake in the rat by a combined action of different drug components

K Ademar, A Loftén, M Nilsson, A Domi, L Adermark… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Alcohol misuse accounts for a sizeable proportion of the global burden of disease, and
Campral®(acamprosate; calcium-bis-(N-acetylhomotaurinate)) is widely used as relapse …

Calcium carbonate attenuates withdrawal and reduces craving: A randomized controlled trial in alcohol-dependent patients

R Schuster, M Winkler, A Koopmann, P Bach… - European addiction …, 2021 - karger.com
Introduction: Preclinical studies have shown that calcium seems to be the active component
of the anti-craving drug acamprosate (Ca 2+ bis-acetyl-homotaurinate). Clinical effects in …