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ArticleHandbook of experimental pharmacology2018

Central Noradrenergic Interactions with Alcohol and Regulation of Alcohol-Related Behaviors.

Elena M Vazey, Carolina R den Hartog, David E Moorman

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Article in Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Yohimbine as a pharmacological probe for alcohol research: a systematic review of rodent and human studies.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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  19. The role of anterior insula-brainstem projections and alpha-1 noradrenergic receptors for compulsion-like and alcohol-only drinking.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena M VazeyDepartment of Biology & Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. evazey@umass.edu.
Carolina R den HartogDepartment of Biology & Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
David E MoormanDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences & Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
University of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

4/8: INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Impact of stress mediated locus coeruleus dysregulation on cognitive control and excessive drinkingU01AA025481 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI DAVID E MOORMAN, Elena Vazey · 2017 to 2026
$4.2M
Orbitofrontal coding of alcohol preference and compulsive drinkingR21AA024571 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI MOORMAN, DAVID E · 2016 to 2017
$419k
NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA024571NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA025481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) results from disruption of a number of neural systems underlying motivation, emotion, and cognition. Patients with AUD exhibit not only elevated motivation for alcohol but heightened stress and anxiety, and disruptions in cognitive domains such as decision-making. One system at the intersection of these functions is the central norepinephrine (NE) system. This catecholaminergic neuromodulator, produced by several brainstem nuclei, plays profound roles in a wide range of behaviors and functions, including arousal, attention, and other aspects of cognition, motivation, emotional regulation, and control over basic physiological processes. It has been known for some time that NE has an impact on alcohol seeking and use, but the mechanisms of its influence are still being revealed. This chapter will discuss the influence of NE neuron activation and NE release at alcohol-relevant targets on behaviors and disruptions underlying alcohol motivation and AUD. Potential NE-based pharmacotherapies for AUD treatment will also be discussed. Given the basic properties of NE function, the strong relationship between NE and alcohol use, and the effectiveness of current NE-related treatments, the studies presented here indicate an encouraging direction for the development of precise and efficacious future therapies for AUD.

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AlcoholismEthanolHumansNeuronsNorepinephrineEthanolNorepinephrineAdrenergic receptorsAllostasisDependenceLocus coeruleusNucleus tractus solitariusRewardWithdrawal

Identifiers

PMID29687164
PMCPMC7003670
OpenAlexW2802439163

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