ReviewNeuropharmacology2017
Synaptic targets: Chronic alcohol actions.
Review in Neuropharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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97 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.
- Symptoms of Protracted Alcohol Withdrawal in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Current neuropharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the efficacy of gabapentin for treating alcohol use disorder.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of the neuroactive steroid precursor pregnenolone on stress- and alcohol cue-provoked pain responses in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Effects of Binge Drinking and Alcohol Withdrawal on Serum Neurofilament Levels.Addiction biology · 2026Trial
- Effects of Gabapentin on Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex GABA and Glutamate Levels and Their Associations With Abstinence in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The American journal of psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Influence of combined treatment with naltrexone and memantine on alcohol drinking behaviors: a phase II randomized crossover trial.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2020Trial
- Adolescent intermittent ethanol exacerbates amyloid-β with age in the dorsal hippocampus of female TgF344-AD rats.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Potentiation of fentanyl-induced respiratory depression by alcohol is not fully reversed by naloxone.JCI insight · 2026Article
- Adolescent Binge Ethanol Exposure Confers Lasting Adult Alcohol Tolerance due to Neuroimmune Activation: Reversal by Inhibition of HMGB1.Addiction biology · 2026Article
- Activation of GLP-1R ameliorates alcohol withdrawal induced anxiety-like behavior by regulating neuronal mitochondrial quality control.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Integrative Genomics Approach Identifies Glial Transcriptomic Dysregulation and Risk in the Cortex of Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder.Biological psychiatry · 2026Article
- Adolescent intermittent ethanol exacerbates Aβ with age in the dorsal hippocampus of female TgF344-AD rats.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Chronic alcohol-induced brain states limit propagation of direct cortical stimulation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Molecular Imaging Studies of Alcohol Use Disorder.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Synaptic Effects Induced by Alcohol.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Theoretical Frameworks and Mechanistic Aspects of Alcohol Addiction: Alcohol Addiction as a Reward Deficit/Stress Surfeit Disorder.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Chronic ethanol exposure in mice evokes pre- and postsynaptic deficits in GABAergic transmission in ventral tegmental area GABA neurons.British journal of pharmacology · 2025Article
- Biochemical changes precede affective and cognitive anomalies in aging adult C57BL/6J mice with a prior history of adolescent alcohol binge-drinking.Addiction biology · 2024Article
- Withdrawal from chronic alcohol impairs the serotonin-mediated modulation of GABAergic transmission in the infralimbic cortex in male rats.Neurobiology of disease · 2024Article
- The influence of drug class on reward in substance use disorders.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Review
37 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Alcohol acts on numerous cellular and molecular targets to regulate neuronal communication within the brain. Chronic alcohol exposure and acute withdrawal generate prominent neuroadaptations at synapses, including compensatory effects on the expression, localization and function of synaptic proteins, channels and receptors. The present article reviews the literature describing the synaptic effects of chronic alcohol exposure and their relevance for synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. This review is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to highlight the effects that have been observed most consistently and that are thought to contribute to the development of alcohol dependence and the negative aspects of withdrawal. Specifically, we will focus on the major excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain, glutamate and GABA, respectively, and how their neuroadaptations after chronic alcohol exposure contributes to alcohol reinforcement, dependence and withdrawal. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled "Alcoholism".
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