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All Articles Tagged As: alcohol

Water-diffusion technology identifies brain regions damaged by prenatal alcohol exposure (7/25/2008)

A new study has used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to identify several specific white matter regions as well as deep gray matter areas of the brain that appear sensitive to prenatal alcohol exposure. ...> Full Article


Imaging study provides glimpse of alcohol's effect on brain (5/5/2008)

Findings help explain why people engage in risky behavior while intoxicated ...> Full Article


Scientists determine structure of brain receptor implicated in epilepsy and PMT (3/15/2008)

Scientists have identifying the structure of a receptor in the brain implicated in conditions such as epilepsy and pre-menstrual tension. The same receptor has also been reported to be highly sensitive to alcohol. ...> Full Article


Brain chemistry ties anxiety and alcoholism (3/8/2008)

Doctors may one day be able to control alcohol addiction by manipulating the molecular events in the brain that underlie anxiety associated with alcohol withdrawal, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center report in the March 5 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. ...> Full Article


Brain Stress System Presents Possible Treatment Target for Alcohol Dependence (3/1/2008)

A brain circuit that underlies feelings of stress and anxiety shows promise as a new therapeutic target for alcoholism, according to new studies by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ...> Full Article


Daily alcohol use causes changes in sexual behavior in adult male flies (1/3/2008)

A team of researchers at Penn State has used an insect model to reveal, for the first time, a physiological basis for the effect of alcohol on male sexual behavior, including increased sexual arousal and decreased sexual inhibition. ...> Full Article


Pre-natal alcohol exposure shapes sensory preference, (12/16/2007)

Two studies help explain why teens exposed to fetal alcohol are at high risk for heavy drinking and perpetuating a family cycle of alcohol addiction ...> Full Article


Research Reveals Secrets of Alcohol's Effect on Brain Cells (12/11/2007)

Activates a Stress-Linked Pathway in Neurons to Release Key Genes, Weill Cornell Team Reports ...> Full Article

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