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ArticlePharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior2019

Adolescent but not adult ethanol binge drinking modulates ethanol behavioral effects in mice later in life.

Rabha M Younis, Jennifer T Wolstenholme, Deniz Bagdas, Jill C Bettinger, Michael F Miles, M Imad Damaj

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Article in Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rabha M YounisDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America; Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America.
Jennifer T WolstenholmeDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America; Virginia Commonwealth University, Alcohol Research Center, Richmond, VA, United States of America.
Deniz BagdasDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America; The Center for the Study for Tobacco Products, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America.
Jill C BettingerDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America; Virginia Commonwealth University, Alcohol Research Center, Richmond, VA, United States of America.
Michael F MilesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America; Virginia Commonwealth University, Alcohol Research Center, Richmond, VA, United States of America.
M Imad DamajDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America; The Center for the Study for Tobacco Products, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America. Electronic address: m.damaj@vcuhealth.org.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Project 5 - Genetic architecture of alcohol use disorder using cross-trait genetic correlations and public next-generation sequencing studiesP50AA022537 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MICHAEL F MILES · 2014 to 2026
$19.6M
VCU Center for Drug Addiction ResearchP30DA033934 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YAN ZHANG · 2014 to 2026
$13.8M
Histone methylation as a potential mechanism for myelin deficits and behavioral alterations following adolescent binge ethanolR01AA026347 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI WOLSTENHOLME, JENNIFER T · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA022537NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026347NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA033934
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlcohol use disorder is a serious illness marked by uncontrollable drinking and a negative withdrawal state when not using. Alcohol is one of the most commonly used drugs among adolescent populations. Given that adolescence is a unique developmental stage during which alcohol has long-term effects on future drug-taking behavior; it is essential to understand how early exposure to ethanol during adolescence may affect the abuse liability of the drug later in life. Our studies focused on characterizing how exposure to alcohol in adolescence alters later adult alcohol dependence behaviors, by using well-established mouse models of ethanol drinking. We hypothesized that early exposure to ethanol leads to increased ethanol intake in adults and other behavioral phenotypes that may lead to dependence.

methodsWe investigated the impact of ethanol drinking in early adolescent C57BL/6J mice using a modified Drinking in the Dark (DID) model.

resultsOur results showed that exposure to ethanol during adolescence enhanced ethanol intake in adulthood in the DID, and the 2-bottle choice drinking paradigms. In contrast, adult exposure of alcohol did not enhance later alcohol intake. We also conducted tests for ethanol behavioral sensitivity such as loss of righting reflex and anxiety-related behaviors to further elucidate the relationship between adolescent ethanol exposure and enhanced ethanol intake in adult mice.

conclusionsOverall, our results suggest that adolescence is a critical period of sensitivity and binge drinking that can lead to lasting changes in ethanol intake in adulthood. Further research will be required in order to more fully examine the neurochemical mechanisms underlying the lasting changes in adulthood.

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Age FactorsAlcoholismAnimalsAnti-Anxiety AgentsAnxietyBehavior, AnimalBinge DrinkingBlood Alcohol ContentChoice BehaviorCohort StudiesEthanolFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReflex, RightingAnti-Anxiety AgentsBlood Alcohol ContentEthanolAdolescenceAdulthoodAlcoholDIDIntakeMice

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PMID31326461
PMCPMC6697373
OpenAlexW2962958898

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