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ReviewGenes, brain, and behavior2017

Neurobiology of comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol-use disorder.

N W Gilpin, J L Weiner

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Review in Genes, brain, and behavior, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

N W GilpinDepartment of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
J L WeinerDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Funding

Ethanol Mechanisms in GABAAR Gene Targeted MiceR37AA010422 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HOMANICS, GREGG E. · 2010 to 2019
$4.4M
Role of Neuropeptides in Stress-Induced Escalation of Alcohol DrinkingR01AA023305 · NIAAA · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI GILPIN, NICHOLAS WARREN · 2014 to 2024
$3.7M
Synaptic Correlates of Vulnerability and Resilience to Alcohol Use DisordersR37AA017531 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WEINER, JEFFREY L. · 2014 to 2023
$3.5M
ETHANOL MECHANISMS IN GABAAR GENE TARGETED MICER01AA010422 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HOMANICS, GREGG E. · 1995 to 2008
$3.1M
Translational Studies on Early-life Stress and Vulnerability to Alcohol AddictionP01AA021099 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JONES, SARA RAULERSON · 2012 to 2016
$2.8M
Synaptic Correlates of Vulnerability and Resilience to Alcohol Use DisorderR01AA017531 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Jeffrey L. Weiner · 2009 to 2026
$2.1M
NIAAA NIH HHS P01 AA021099NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA010422NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017531NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA023305NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA010422NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA017531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol-use disorder (AUD) are highly comorbid in humans. Although we have some understanding of the structural and functional brain changes that define each of these disorders, and how those changes contribute to the behavioral symptoms that define them, little is known about the neurobiology of comorbid PTSD and AUD, which may be due in part to a scarcity of adequate animal models for examining this research question. The goal of this review is to summarize the current state-of-the-science on comorbid PTSD and AUD. We summarize epidemiological data documenting the prevalence of this comorbidity, review what is known about the potential neurobiological basis for the frequent co-occurrence of PTSD and AUD and discuss successes and failures of past and current treatment strategies. We also review animal models that aim to examine comorbid PTSD and AUD, highlighting where the models parallel the human condition, and we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each model. We conclude by discussing key gaps in our knowledge and strategies for addressing them: in particular, we (1) highlight the need for better animal models of the comorbid condition and better clinical trial design, (2) emphasize the need for examination of subpopulation effects and individual differences and (3) urge cross-talk between basic and clinical researchers that is reflected in collaborative work with forward and reverse translational impact.

Indexed as

Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous SystemAnimalsHumansStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAlcohol dependencealcoholismalcohol use disorder (AUD)amygdalacomorbid PTSD and AUDhippocampusmesolimbic reward circuitnorepinephrinepost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)prefrontal cortex

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PMID27749004
PMCPMC5477640

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