ReviewBiological psychiatry2022
Sex Differences in the Brain Transcriptome Related to Alcohol Effects and Alcohol Use Disorder.
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- Functional genomic mechanisms of opioid action and opioid use disorder: a systematic review of animal models and human studies.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Sex differences in alcohol-induced transcriptional changes in the nucleus accumbens depend on sex chromosome complement and gonadal type.Research square · 2026Article
- Regulation of Chromatin Acetylation by Alcohol: Dependence on Sex, Brain Region, and Mode of Exposure.Genes · 2026Review
- Integrated lipidome and miRNome analyses reveal sex-based differences in circulating extracellular vesicles of alcohol use disorder patients.Cell biology and toxicology · 2026Article
- Chronic ethanol drinking alters medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens astrocyte translatome and extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycans.Neuropharmacology · 2026Article
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- Psychiatric Comorbidities in Substance Use Disorders: Sex-Based Differences in a National Real-World Clinical Sample.The American journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- EFFECTS OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3 - DEPENDENT IMMUNE ACTIVATION IN MICE ARE SEX- AND TISSUE- SPECIFIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALCOHOL USE DISORDER.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Impacts of Ethanol Vary by Brain Region and Extent of Exposure.eNeuro · 2026Article
- P2X7R Signaling and Differential Regulation of Neuroinflammatory and Behavior Responses in Male and Female Mice During Chronic Ethanol Exposure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Central amygdala single-nucleus atlas reveals chromatin and gene transcription dynamics in human alcohol use disorder.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Extinction of Nicotine and Cocaine Seeking in Rats Reveals Novel, Unique and Time-Dependent Molecular Adaptations in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Elevated intron retention implicates neuroinflammation in brains of individuals with alcohol use disorder.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Sex differences in the neuroimmune response following heavy, binge-like alcohol exposure in adolescent rats.Journal of neuroimmunology · 2025Article
- Chronic Ethanol Drinking Alters Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Nucleus Accumbens Astrocyte Translatome and Extracellular Matrix Glycosaminoglycans.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Binge alcohol and the neuroendocrinology of the aging female.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2025Review
- Traumatic stress-enhanced ethanol drinking: Sex, but not stress responsivity, alters sensitivity to the effects of a CRF-R1 antagonist and a GPR39 agonist in mice.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Genetic correlations of alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder with sex hormone levels in females and males.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Molecular Rhythmicity in Glia: Importance for Brain Health and Relevance to Psychiatric Disease.Biological psychiatry · 2024Review
- Traumatic stress-enhanced alcohol drinking: Sex differences and animal model perspectives.Current addiction reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
There is compelling evidence that sex and gender have crucial roles in excessive alcohol (ethanol) consumption. Here, we review some of the data from the perspective of brain transcriptional differences between males and females, focusing on rodent animal models. A key emerging transcriptional feature is the role of neuroimmune processes. Microglia are the resident neuroimmune cells in the brain and exhibit substantial functional differences between males and females. Selective breeding for binge ethanol consumption and the impacts of chronic ethanol consumption and withdrawal from chronic ethanol exposure all demonstrate sex-dependent neuroimmune signatures. A focus is on resolving sex-dependent differences in transcriptional responses to ethanol at the neurocircuitry level. Sex-dependent transcriptional differences are found in the extended amygdala and the nucleus accumbens. Telescoping of ethanol consumption is found in some, but not all, studies to be more prevalent in females. Recent transcriptional studies suggest that some sex differences may be due to female-dependent remodeling of the primary cilium. An interesting theme appears to be developing: at least from the animal model perspective, even when males and females are phenotypically similar, they differ significantly at the level of the transcriptome.
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