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ReviewInternational review of neurobiology2016

An Animal Model of Alcohol Dependence to Screen Medications for Treating Alcoholism.

H C Becker, M F Lopez

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Review in International review of neurobiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Animal Models of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Rodents.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

H C BeckerCharleston Alcohol Research Center, Charleston, SC, United States; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States; RHJ Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States. Electronic address: beckerh@musc.edu.
M F LopezCharleston Alcohol Research Center, Charleston, SC, United States.
Charleston County's Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services · USMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

TREATING ETHANOL WITHDRAWAL WITH LORAZEPAM/NALTREXONEP50AA010761 · NIAAA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI HOWARD C. BECKER · 1996 to 2026
$46.8M
Ethanol Dependence &Stress Effects on Ethanol DrinkingU01AA014095 · NIAAA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI HOWARD C. BECKER · 2003 to 2026
$9.0M
Role of Oxytocin in a Mouse Model of PTSD-AUD ComorbidityR01AA026536 · NIAAA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BECKER, HOWARD C. · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Mouse Chronic Intermittent Ethanol (CIE) CoreU01AA020929 · NIAAA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LOPEZ, MARCELO F. · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
Mouse Chronic Intermittent Ethanol (CIE) CoreU24AA020929 · NIAAA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LOPEZ, MARCELO F. · 2016 to 2021
$1.1M
Role of BDNF in Stress Effects on Ethanol Dependence-Induced Escalated DrinkingI01BX000813 · VA · RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BECKER, HOWARD C. · 2011 to 2024
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use disorders in the United States, only a relatively small percentage of those afflicted seek treatment. This is further compounded by the fact that there are too few medications available to effectively treat this significant public health problem. The need for identifying and evaluating more effective treatments that aid in preventing relapse and/or tempering risky and harmful alcohol consumption cannot be overstated. Use of animal models represents a critical step in the process of screening, identifying, and informing plans for prioritizing the most promising candidate medications that can be advanced to the next stage of evaluation (clinical laboratory paradigms and controlled clinical trials). Numerous animal models have been developed to study excessive levels of alcohol self-administration. In recent years, a large literature has amassed of studies in which rodent models of dependence have been linked with alcohol self-administration procedures. This chapter focuses on studies employing a dependence model that involves chronic exposure to alcohol vapor by inhalation, which yields in both mice and rats significant escalation of voluntary alcohol consumption. These animal models of dependence and alcohol self-administration have revealed valuable insights about underlying mechanisms that drive excessive drinking. Additionally, this preclinical approach is useful in evaluating the effects of medications on escalated drinking associated with dependence vs more stable levels displayed by nondependent animals.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAlcoholismAnimalsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansAlcohol dependenceAnimal modelsDrinkingRelapseTreatment

Identifiers

PMID27055614
PMCPMC6746169
OpenAlexW2416623094

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