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ReviewNeuropharmacology2017

Alcohol and basal ganglia circuitry: Animal models.

David M Lovinger, Veronica A Alvarez

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Review in Neuropharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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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

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Neural Circuitries and Alcohol Use Disorder: Cutting Corners in the Cycle.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
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  20. Alcohol and the brain: from genes to circuits.Trends in neurosciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David M LovingerLaboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States. Electronic address: lovindav@mail.nih.gov.
Veronica A AlvarezLaboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States.

Funding

Synaptic Transmission: Modulation, Plasticity And Effects Of Drugs Of AbuseZIAAA000407 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI LOVINGER, DAVID M · 2009 to 2025
$29.6M
Corticostriatal mechanisms of action learning and habit formationZIAAA000416 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI LOVINGER, DAVID M · 2009 to 2025
$25.2M
Synaptic mechanisms underlying reward seeking and compulsive drug useZIAAA000421 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI ALVAREZ, VERONICA A · 2009 to 2025
$23.1M
Synaptic Transmission: Modulation, Plasticity And Effects Of Drugs Of AbuseZ01AA000407 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI LOVINGER, DAVID M · 2002 to 2008
$3.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AA000407Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AA000421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain circuits that include the cortex and basal ganglia make up the bulk of the forebrain, and influence behaviors related to almost all aspects of affective, cognitive and sensorimotor functions. The learning of new actions as well as association of existing action repertoires with environmental events are key functions of this circuitry. Unfortunately, the cortico-basal ganglia circuitry is also the target for all drugs of abuse, including alcohol. This makes the circuitry susceptible to the actions of chronic alcohol exposure that impairs circuit function in ways that contribute to cognitive dysfunction and drug use disorders. In the present review, we describe the connectivity and functions of the associative, limbic and sensorimotor cortico-basal ganglia circuits. We then review the effects of acute and chronic alcohol exposure on circuit function. Finally, we review studies examining the roles of the different circuits and circuit elements in alcohol use and abuse. We attempt to synthesize information from a variety of studies in laboratory animals and humans to generate hypotheses about how the three circuits interact with each other and with the other brain circuits during exposure to alcohol and during the development of alcohol use disorders. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled "Alcoholism".

Indexed as

Alcohol DrinkingModels, AnimalAlcoholismAnimalsBasal GangliaCerebral CortexEthanolLearningLimbic SystemNeural PathwaysNeuronsEthanolAlcoholCortexDopamineGlobus pallidusNMDA receptorsStriatumSynaptic transmissionVentral tegmental area

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PMID28341206
PMCPMC5479739

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