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ArticleNeurobiology of stress2023

Sex-dependent factors of alcohol and neuroimmune mechanisms.

Bryan Cruz, Vittoria Borgonetti, Michal Bajo, Marisa Roberto

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Article in Neurobiology of stress, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Astrocyte Reactivity by Alcohol Dependence in the Central Amygdala.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. Women and alcohol: A call to action.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bryan CruzDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92073.
Vittoria BorgonettiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92073.
Michal BajoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92073.
Marisa RobertoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92073.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Viral Vector CoreP60AA006420 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI AMANDA J ROBERTS · 2003 to 2026
$46.3M
Neurpsychopharmacology-Multidisciplinary TrainingT32AA007456 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MARISA ROBERTO · 1985 to 2026
$13.4M
Electrophysiology of alcohol in extended amygdelaU01AA013498 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MARISA ROBERTO · 2001 to 2026
$12.6M
Neuroplasticity of the Extended Amygdala CRF circuitry in alcohol dependenceR01AA021491 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ROBERTO, MARISA · 2013 to 2024
$3.9M
Gene-environment interaction: the brain CRF system in alcohol preferring msP ratsR37AA017447 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ROBERTO, MARISA · 2016 to 2025
$3.7M
Neuroimmune mechanisms in stress and alcohol comorbidityR01AA027700 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ROBERTO, MARISA · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
NIAAA NIH HHS P60 AA006420NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021491NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027700NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA017447NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007456NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA013498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive alcohol use disrupts neuroimmune signaling across various cell types, including neurons, microglia, and astrocytes. The present review focuses on recent, albeit limited, evidence of sex differences in biological factors that mediate neuroimmune responses to alcohol and underlying neuroimmune systems that may influence alcohol drinking behaviors. Females are more vulnerable than males to the neurotoxic and negative consequences of chronic alcohol drinking, reflected by elevations of pro-inflammatory cytokines and inflammatory mediators. Differences in cytokine, microglial, astrocytic, genomic, and transcriptomic evidence suggest females are more reactive than males to neuroinflammatory changes after chronic alcohol exposure. The growing body of evidence supports that innate immune factors modulate synaptic transmission, providing a mechanistic framework to examine sex differences across neurocircuitry. Targeting neuroimmune signaling may be a viable strategy for treating AUD, but more research is needed to understand sex-specific differences in alcohol drinking and neuroimmune mechanisms.

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AlcoholAstrocyteCytokineMicrogliaNeuroimmuneSex differences

Identifiers

PMID37601537
PMCPMC10432974
OpenAlexW4385520070

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