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ReviewBrain sciences2020

Alcohol Sensitivity as an Endophenotype of Alcohol Use Disorder: Exploring Its Translational Utility between Rodents and Humans.

Clarissa C Parker, Ryan Lusk, Laura M Saba

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Review in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Establishing the hybrid rat diversity program: a resource for dissecting complex traits.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025
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  8. Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2024
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  10. Striatonigral direct pathway 2-arachidonoylglycerol contributes to ethanol effects on synaptic transmission and behavior.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Clarissa C ParkerDepartment of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA.
Ryan LuskDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0016-9431
Laura M SabaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

Funding

The Heritable Transcriptome and AlcoholismR24AA013162 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HOFFMAN, PAULA, SABA, LAURA MAREN · 2001 to 2021
$14.2M
TIM Project NIDA P30 CenterP30DA044223 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI WILLIAMS, ROBERT W. · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
Genome-Wide Association for Affective Withdrawal in Outbred MiceR15DA041618 · NIDA · MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE · PI PARKER, CLARISSA C · 2016 to 2016
$320k
Elucidating the role of alternative polyadenylation in alcohol related phenotypes using a novel trans-omics computational approachF31AA027430 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI LUSK, RYAN · 2019 to 2020
$57k
NIAAA NIH HHS F31 AA027430NIAAA NIH HHS R24 AA013162NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA044223NIDA NIH HHS R15 DA041618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex, chronic, relapsing disorder with multiple interacting genetic and environmental influences. Numerous studies have verified the influence of genetics on AUD, yet the underlying biological pathways remain unknown. One strategy to interrogate complex diseases is the use of endophenotypes, which deconstruct current diagnostic categories into component traits that may be more amenable to genetic research. In this review, we explore how an endophenotype such as sensitivity to alcohol can be used in conjunction with rodent models to provide mechanistic insights into AUD. We evaluate three alcohol sensitivity endophenotypes (stimulation, intoxication, and aversion) for their translatability across human and rodent research by examining the underlying neurobiology and its relationship to consumption and AUD. We show examples in which results gleaned from rodents are successfully integrated with information from human studies to gain insight in the genetic underpinnings of AUD and AUD-related endophenotypes. Finally, we identify areas for future translational research that could greatly expand our knowledge of the biological and molecular aspects of the transition to AUD with the broad hope of finding better ways to treat this devastating disorder.

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alcohol dependencealcoholismalcohol sensitivityalcohol use disorder (AUD)animal modelscross species validationendophenotypegeneticsgenome-wide association studies (GWAS)rodents

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PMID33066036
PMCPMC7600833

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