New study examines how teenagers' binge drinking affects genes, brain circuitry, behaviors through epigenetics that alter the expression of genes without directly modifying them.
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Alcohol use disorder or alcoholism is an inability to control drinking. It can cause short term and long term physical, as well as psychological effects on the patient.
Alcohol use disorder or alcoholism is an inability to control drinking. It can cause short term and long term physical, as well as psychological effects on the patient.
‘New funded study will associate enduring epigenetic changes to functional changes in the brain and related behaviors emerging from adolescent alcohol exposure in adulthood.
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The UIC site is led by Subhash Pandey, professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics at UIC. He also will serve as a scientific director of the overall NADIA consortium. Research goals for the consortium include:
Identifying neurobiological changes that result from early binge drinking. Investigating the role of abnormal epigenetic processes in the amygdala, which ups adult psychopathology risk such as anxiety, and alcohol use disorders.
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The funding will also support the development of core scientific resources for the consortium and provide expertise and molecular tools to other alcohol researchers for investigating the biological basis of adult psychopathology linked to adolescent drinking.
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Unique intersection in the brain between the stress system and binge drinking could be the key to controlling the urge to binge drink, reports a new study.
Unique intersection in the brain between the stress system and binge drinking could be the key to controlling the urge to binge drink, reports a new study.
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- Binge drinking is most common among younger adults aged 18–34 years
- Over 90% of U.S. adults who drink excessively report binge drinking in the past 30 days
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