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ArticlePloS one2016

Unique Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects Induced by Repeated Adolescent Consumption of Caffeine-Mixed Alcohol in C57BL/6 Mice.

Meridith T Robins, Julie Lu, Richard M van Rijn

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meridith T RobinsDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States of America.
Julie LuDepartment of Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94158, Unites States of America.
Richard M van RijnDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9957-1633
Purdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Development of a preclinical candidate for the treatment of alcoholismR00AA020539 · NIAAA · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI VAN RIJN, RICHARD M. · 2013 to 2015
$728k
Development of a preclinical candidate for the treatment of alcoholismK99AA020539 · NIAAA · ERNEST GALLO CLINIC AND RESEARCH CENTER · PI VAN RIJN, RICHARD M. · 2011 to 2012
$178k
NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA020539NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA020539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of highly caffeinated products has increased dramatically in the past few years. Among these products, highly caffeinated energy drinks are the most heavily advertised and purchased, which has resulted in increased incidences of co-consumption of energy drinks with alcohol. Despite the growing number of adolescents and young adults reporting caffeine-mixed alcohol use, knowledge of the potential consequences associated with co-consumption has been limited to survey-based results and in-laboratory human behavioral testing. Here, we investigate the effect of repeated adolescent (post-natal days P35-61) exposure to caffeine-mixed alcohol in C57BL/6 mice on common drug-related behaviors such as locomotor sensitivity, drug reward and cross-sensitivity, and natural reward. To determine changes in neurological activity resulting from adolescent exposure, we monitored changes in expression of the transcription factor ΔFosB in the dopaminergic reward pathway as a sign of long-term increases in neuronal activity. Repeated adolescent exposure to caffeine-mixed alcohol exposure induced significant locomotor sensitization, desensitized cocaine conditioned place preference, decreased cocaine locomotor cross-sensitivity, and increased natural reward consumption. We also observed increased accumulation of ΔFosB in the nucleus accumbens following repeated adolescent caffeine-mixed alcohol exposure compared to alcohol or caffeine alone. Using our exposure model, we found that repeated exposure to caffeine-mixed alcohol during adolescence causes unique behavioral and neurochemical effects not observed in mice exposed to caffeine or alcohol alone. Based on similar findings for different substances of abuse, it is possible that repeated exposure to caffeine-mixed alcohol during adolescence could potentially alter or escalate future substance abuse as means to compensate for these behavioral and neurochemical alterations.

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Energy DrinksAdolescentAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsCaffeineCentral Nervous System DepressantsCentral Nervous System StimulantsConditioning, PsychologicalDopamineEthanolFemaleHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMotor ActivityNucleus AccumbensCaffeineCentral Nervous System DepressantsCentral Nervous System StimulantsDopamineEthanolFosb protein, mouseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos

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PMID27380261
PMCPMC4933367
OpenAlexW2462739799

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