Most Recent Articles from Alcohol Research & Health

• Treatment implications: using neuroscience to guide the development of New pharmacotherapies for alcoholism 

  Alcohol dependence and its associated health problems are the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Alcohol...

  12/22/08 by Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin Stephanie O'Malley John H. Krystal · More from publication

• Glossary 

  [gamma]-Aminobutyric acid (GABA): A neurotransmitter that in the brain acts to reduce the activity of the signal-receiving neuron. Action...

  12/22/08 · More from publication

• From actions to habits: neuroadaptations leading to dependence 

  Addiction is a series of misguided actions. Yet how the brain selects and generates actions has received surprisingly little attention in addiction...

  12/22/08 by Henry H. Yin · More from publication

• Magnetic resonance imaging of the living brain: evidence for brain degeneration among alcoholics and recovery with abstinence 

  Alcohol use disorders are characterized by the excessive consumption of alcohol despite its interference with an individual's physical, mental,...

  12/22/08 by Margaret J. Rosenbloom Adolf Pfefferbaum · More from publication

• Alcohol dependence, withdrawal, and relapse 

  The development of alcohol dependence is a complex and dynamic process. Many neurobiological and environmental factors influence motivation to...

  12/22/08 by Howard C. Becker · More from publication

• Who is at risk? Population characterization of alcohol self-administration in nonhuman primates helps identify pathways to dependence 

  Alcohol addiction--or alcohol Dependence--is a chronic and progressive disorder that has a significant detrimental impact on the drinker, his or...

  12/22/08 by Kathleen A. Grant James Stafford Allison Thiede Caitlin Kiley Misa Odagiri Betsy Ferguson · More from publication

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