ReviewAlcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)2023
The neuroimmune system - Where aging and excess alcohol intersect.
Review in Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Menstrual cycle phase affects alcohol impairment of working memory.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Trial
- Binge alcohol and the neuroendocrinology of the aging female.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2025Review
- Promising strategies for the prevention of alcohol-related brain damage through optimised management of acute alcohol withdrawal: A focussed literature review.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
- Neuroimmune regulation of the prefrontal cortex tetrapartite synapse.Neuropharmacology · 2025Review
- Central amygdala neuroimmune signaling in alcohol use disorder.Addiction neuroscience · 2025Article
- Greater alcohol intake predicts accelerated brain aging in humans, which mediates the relationship between alcohol intake and behavioral inflexibility.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Adolescent Alcohol and the Spectrum of Cognitive Dysfunction in Aging.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Clinical and Preclinical Evidence for Gut Microbiome Mechanisms in Substance Use Disorders.Biological psychiatry · 2024Review
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- Sex-dependent factors of alcohol and neuroimmune mechanisms.Neurobiology of stress · 2023Article
- Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure during adolescence produces sex- and age-dependent changes in anxiety and cognition without changes in microglia reactivity late in life.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
As the percentage of the global population over age 65 grows, and with it a subpopulation of individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD), understanding the effect of alcohol on the aged brain is of utmost importance. Neuroinflammation is implicated in both natural aging as well as alcohol use, and its role in alterations to brain morphology and function may be exacerbated in aging individuals who drink alcohol to excess. The neuroimmune response to alcohol in aging is complex. The few studies investigating this issue have reported heightened basal activity and either hypo- or hyper-reactivity to an alcohol challenge. This review of preclinical research will first introduce key players of the immune system, then explore changes in neuroimmune function with aging or alcohol alone, with discussion of vulnerable brain regions, changes in cytokines, and varied reactions of microglia and astrocytes. We will then consider different levels of alcohol exposure, relevant animal models of AUD, and neuroimmune activation by alcohol across the lifespan. By identifying key findings, challenges, and targets for future research, we hope to bring more attention and resources to this underexplored area of inquiry.
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