Alcohol Addiction

In 2 Trials, Ketamine Plus Behavioral Therapies Helped People with Cocaine and Alcohol Dependencies to Abstain
Although new knowledge about the brain’s reward circuitry has provided insight into the biology of addiction, this has not yet resulted in new treatments. In animal models of addiction, it has been… Read More
Large Gene Expression Study Sheds Light on Causal Factors in Five Brain Disorders
Researchers studying gene expression in cerebral cortex tissue sampled from postmortem brains have identified patterns of shared and distinct gene expression patterns in autism, schizophrenia,… Read More
Muscle Relaxant May Help in Treating Some Aspects of Alcohol Dependence in Anxious People
The muscle-relaxant drug Baclofen has been suggested as a potential drug therapy for alcohol-use disorder, but previous clinical studies have generated conflicting results. With this in mind,… Read More
In Alcoholic Men, Gene Activity in Two Key Brain Regions Resembles that Seen in Infant Brains
According to new research reported March 15 in the journal Scientific Reports, certain patterns of gene activity in the brains of men with alcoholism more closely resemble the activity patterns in… Read More
Brain imaging helps predict alcohol use
Neuroimaging data can improve the performance of a model that aims to predict if a child will begin moderate to heavy drinking by the time he or she reaches age 18, according to a new study published… Read More