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ArticleNeurobiology of stress2024

The role of brain serotonin signaling in excessive alcohol consumption and withdrawal: A call for more research in females.

Megan E Castle, Meghan E Flanigan

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Article in Neurobiology of stress, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan E CastleBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Meghan E FlaniganBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Regulation of alcohol-induced social disturbances by lateral habenula serotonin receptorsR00AA030628 · NIAAA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Meghan Elizabeth Flanigan · 2024 to 2026
$747k
Regulation of alcohol-induced social disturbances by lateral habenula serotonin receptorsK99AA030628 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FLANIGAN, MEGHAN ELIZABETH · 2023 to 2024
$212k
NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA030628NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA030628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, but current treatments are insufficient in fully addressing the symptoms that often lead to relapses in alcohol consumption. The brain's serotonin system has been implicated in AUD for decades and is a major regulator of stress-related behaviors associated with increased alcohol consumption. This review will discuss the current literature on the association between neurobiological adaptations in serotonin systems and AUD in humans as well as the effectiveness of serotonin receptor manipulations on alcohol-related behaviors like consumption and withdrawal. We will further discuss how these findings in humans relate to findings in animal models, including a comparison of systemic pharmacological manipulations modulating alcohol consumption. We next provide a detailed overview of brain region-specific roles for serotonin and serotonin receptor signaling in alcohol-related behaviors in preclinical animal models, highlighting the complexity of forming a cohesive model of serotonin function in AUD and providing possible avenues for more effective therapeutic intervention. Throughout the review, we discuss what is known about sex differences in the sequelae of AUD and the role of serotonin in these sequelae. We stress a critical need for additional studies in women and female animals so that we may build a clearer path to elucidating sex-specific serotonergic mechanisms and develop better treatments.

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PMID38433994
PMCPMC10907856
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