May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Identifying candidate drivers of alcohol dependence-induced excessive drinking by assembly and interrogation of brain-specific regulatory networks Citation: Vez Repunte-Canonigo, William Shin, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, Celine Lefebvre, Lena van der Stap, Tomoya Kawamura, Joel E. Schlosburg, Mariano Alvarez, George F. Koob, Andrea Califano, and Pietro Paolo Sanna. “Identifying candidate drivers of alcohol dependence-induced excessive drinking by assembly and interrogation of brain-specific regulatory networks.” Genome Biology, 16, Pp. 68. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Ibudilast reduces alcohol drinking in multiple animal models of alcohol dependence Citation: Richard L. Bell, Marcelo F. Lopez, Changhai Cui, Mark Egli, Kirk W. Johnson, Kelle M. Franklin, and Howard C. Becker. “Ibudilast reduces alcohol drinking in multiple animal models of alcohol dependence.” Addiction Biology, 20, 1, Pp. 38–42. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Hypocretin receptor 2 antagonism dose-dependently reduces escalated heroin self-administration in rats Citation: Brooke E. Schmeichel, Estelle Barbier, Kaushik K. Misra, Candice Contet, Joel E. Schlosburg, Dimitri Grigoriadis, John P. Williams, Camilla Karlsson, Caleb Pitcairn, Markus Heilig, George F. Koob, and Leandro F. Vendruscolo. “Hypocretin receptor 2 antagonism dose-dependently reduces escalated heroin self-administration in rats.” Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 40, 5, Pp. 1123–1129. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Homer2 within the nucleus accumbens core bidirectionally regulates alcohol intake by both P and Wistar rats Citation: Arshad Haider, Nicholas C. Woodward, Kevin D. Lominac, Arianne D. Sacramento, Matthias Klugmann, Richard L. Bell, and Karen K. Szumlinski. “Homer2 within the nucleus accumbens core bidirectionally regulates alcohol intake by both P and Wistar rats.” Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 49, 6, Pp. 533–542. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Glycine receptors containing α2 or α3 subunits regulate specific ethanol-mediated behaviors Citation: Yuri A. Blednov, Jillian M. Benavidez, Mendy Black, Courtney R. Leiter, Elizabeth Osterndorff-Kahanek, and R. Adron Harris. “Glycine receptors containing α2 or α3 subunits regulate specific ethanol-mediated behaviors.” The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 353, 1, Pp. 181–191. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015GIRK3 gates activation of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway by ethanol Citation: Melissa A. Herman, Harpreet Sidhu, David G. Stouffer, Max Kreifeldt, David Le, Chelsea Cates-Gatto, Michaelanne B. Munoz, Amanda J. Roberts, Loren H. Parsons, Marisa Roberto, Kevin Wickman, Paul A. Slesinger, and Candice Contet. “GIRK3 gates activation of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway by ethanol.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, 22, Pp. 7091–7096. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Genotypic and sex differences in anxiety-like behavior and alcohol-induced anxiolysis in High Drinking in the Dark selected mice Citation: Amanda M. Barkley-Levenson and John C. Crabbe. “Genotypic and sex differences in anxiety-like behavior and alcohol-induced anxiolysis in High Drinking in the Dark selected mice.” Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 49, 1, Pp. 29–36. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Gene expression changes in serotonin, GABA-A receptors, neuropeptides and ion channels in the dorsal raphe nucleus of adolescent alcohol-preferring (P) rats following binge-like alcohol drinking Citation: Jeanette N. McClintick, William J. McBride, Richard L. Bell, Zheng-Ming Ding, Yunlong Liu, Xiaoling Xuei, and Howard J. Edenberg. “Gene expression changes in serotonin, GABA-A receptors, neuropeptides and ion channels in the dorsal raphe nucleus of adolescent alcohol-preferring (P) rats following binge-like alcohol drinking.” Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 129, Pp. 87–96. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Ethanol and nicotine interaction within the posterior ventral tegmental area in male and female alcohol-preferring rats: evidence of synergy and differential gene activation in the nucleus accumbens shell Citation: William A. Truitt, Sheketha R. Hauser, Gerald A. Deehan, Jamie E. Toalston, Jessica A. Wilden, Richard L. Bell, William J. McBride, and Zachary A. Rodd. “Ethanol and nicotine interaction within the posterior ventral tegmental area in male and female alcohol-preferring rats: evidence of synergy and differential gene activation in the nucleus accumbens shell.” Psychopharmacology, 232, 3, Pp. 639–649. DOI
May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015Ethanol activates midkine and anaplastic lymphoma kinase signaling in neuroblastoma cells and in the brain Citation: Donghong He, Hu Chen, Hisako Muramatsu, and Amy W. Lasek. “Ethanol activates midkine and anaplastic lymphoma kinase signaling in neuroblastoma cells and in the brain.” Journal of Neurochemistry, 135, 3, Pp. 508–521.