ReviewAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2017
The Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptor 1 in Alcohol Use Disorder: Still a Valid Drug Target?
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- Lack of effects of simvastatin on smoking cessation in humans: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Functional remodeling of the parasubthalamic nucleus drives alcohol drinking escalation in dependence.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The Psychedelic Psilocin Suppresses Activity of Central Amygdala Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 1 Neurons and Decreases Ethanol Drinking in Female Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Disentangling the effects of corticotrophin releasing factor and GABA release from the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis on ethanol self-administration in mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Predator odor stress produces sex- and subpopulation-specific increases in alcohol drinking, anxiety-like behavior, and lateral hypothalamic Crh expression.Neuropharmacology · 2025Article
- Central amygdala astrocyte plasticity underlies GABAergic dysregulation in ethanol dependence.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Evidence for independent actions of the CRF and ghrelin systems in binge-like alcohol drinking in mice.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2025Article
- Synaptic Effects Induced by Alcohol.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Stress-enhanced ethanol drinking does not increase sensitivity to the effects of a CRF-R1 antagonist on ethanol intake in male and female mice.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Mouse parasubthalamicbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Disentangling the effects of Corticotrophin Releasing Factor and GABA release from the ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis on ethanol self-administration in mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Regulation of alcohol drinking by ventral striatum and extended amygdala circuitry.Neuropharmacology · 2022Review
- Central amygdala corticotropin-releasing factor neurons promote hyponeophagia but do not control alcohol drinking in mice.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Article
- Synaptic effects of IL-1β and CRF in the central amygdala after protracted alcohol abstinence in male rhesus macaques.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Neuropeptidergic regulation of compulsive ethanol seeking in C. elegans.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- FGF21 suppresses alcohol consumption through an amygdalo-striatal circuit.Cell metabolism · 2022Article
- Off-label and investigational drugs in the treatment of alcohol use disorder: A critical review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- Roles of corticotropin-releasing factor signaling in the lateral habenula in anxiety-like and alcohol drinking behaviors in male rats.Neurobiology of stress · 2021Article
- Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Signaling in the Bed Nuclei of the Stria Terminalis as a Link to Maladaptive Behaviors.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) is a neuropeptide that plays a key role in behavioral and physiological responses to stress. A large body of animal literature implicates CRF acting at type 1 CRF receptors (CRFR1) in consumption by alcohol-dependent subjects, stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking, and possibly binge alcohol consumption. These studies have encouraged recent pilot studies of CRFR1 antagonists in humans with alcohol use disorder (AUD). It was a great disappointment to many in the field that these studies failed to show an effect of these compounds on stress-induced alcohol craving. Here, we examine these studies to explore potential limitations and discuss preclinical and human literature to ask whether CRFR1 is still a valid drug target to pursue for the treatment of AUD.
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