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ArticleBrain research2017

Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure during adolescence: Effects on stress-induced social alterations and social drinking in adulthood.

Elena I Varlinskaya, Esther U Kim, Linda P Spear

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Article in Brain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena I VarlinskayaCenter for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA. Electronic address: varlinsk@binghamton.edu.
Esther U KimCenter for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA.
Linda P SpearCenter for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA.
Binghamton University · US

Funding

Impact of adolescent intermittent ethanol on adult social reward and anxietyU01AA019972 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NY,BINGHAMTON · PI VARLINSKAYA, ELENA I, WERNER, DAVID F · 2010 to 2024
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NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA019972
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously observed lasting and sex-specific detrimental consequences of early adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure (AIE), with male, but not female, rats showing social anxiety-like alterations when tested as adults. The present study used Sprague Dawley rats to assess whether social alterations induced by AIE (3.5g/kg, intragastrically, every other day, between postnatal days [P] 25-45) are further exacerbated by stressors later in life. Another aim was to determine whether AIE alone or in combination with stress influenced intake of a sweetened ethanol solution (Experiment 1) or a sweetened solution ("supersac") alone (Experiment 2) under social circumstances. Animals were exposed to restraint on P66-P70 (90min/day) or left nonstressed, with corticosterone (CORT) levels assessed on day 1 and day 5 in Experiment 2. Social anxiety-like behavior emerged after AIE in non-stressed males, but not females, whereas stress-induced social anxiety was evident only in water-exposed males and females. Adult-typical habituation of the CORT response to repeated restraint was not evident in adult animals after AIE, a lack of habituation reminiscent of that normally evident in adolescents. Neither AIE nor stress affected ethanol intake under social circumstances, although AIE and restraint independently increased adolescent-typical play fighting in males during social drinking. Among males, the combination of AIE and restraint suppressed "supersac" intake; this index of depression-like behavior was not seen in females. The results provide experimental evidence associating adolescent alcohol exposure, later stress, anxiety, and depression, with young adolescent males being particularly vulnerable to long-lasting adverse effects of repeated ethanol. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: Adolescent plasticity.

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Alcohol DrinkingBinge DrinkingSocial BehaviorStress, PsychologicalAgingAnimalsAnxietyCentral Nervous System DepressantsCorticosteroneDepressionDisease Models, AnimalEthanolFemaleHabituation, PsychophysiologicMaleMotor ActivityCentral Nervous System DepressantsCorticosteroneEthanolAdolescenceAnhedoniaAnxietyEthanolSex differencesSocial facilitationStress

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PMID27048754
PMCPMC5047849
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