2025
Preclinical and clinical sex differences in the effects of alcohol on measures of brain dopamine: a systematic review
Barrios N, Riordan W, Garcia-Rivas V, Peltier M, Roberts W, Verplaetse T, Kohler R, Zhou H, Banini B, McKee S, Cosgrove K, Zakiniaeiz Y. Preclinical and clinical sex differences in the effects of alcohol on measures of brain dopamine: a systematic review. Biology Of Sex Differences 2025, 16: 24. PMID: 40200334, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-025-00706-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderAlcohol-induced dopamine releaseEffects of alcoholSex differencesAlcohol exposureDopamine measurementsMu-opioid receptorsDopamine releaseEffects of sexProgression of alcohol use disorderDopamine D1 receptor availabilityAlcohol use disorder developmentEffects of prenatal alcohol exposureD1 receptor availabilityStriatal dopamine concentrationsAir-exposed controlsAlcohol-exposed animalsMu-opioid receptor activationPrenatal alcohol exposureDuration of alcohol exposureVentral striatumBrain dopamineReward processingNeurobiological mechanismsReceptor availability
2020
Single-day Postnatal Alcohol Exposure Induces Apoptotic Cell Death and Causes long-term Neuron Loss in Rodent Thalamic Nucleus Reuniens
Gursky ZH, Spillman EC, Klintsova AY. Single-day Postnatal Alcohol Exposure Induces Apoptotic Cell Death and Causes long-term Neuron Loss in Rodent Thalamic Nucleus Reuniens. Neuroscience 2020, 435: 124-134. PMID: 32251710, PMCID: PMC7236664, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.03.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal alcohol spectrum disordersAlcohol exposureThalamic nucleus reuniensCell lossAlcohol administrationFemale Long-Evans rat pupsNucleus reuniensApoptotic cell deathNon-neuronal cell numbersThird trimester alcohol exposureLong-Evans rat pupsCell deathPostnatal alcohol exposureAlcohol-exposed animalsFunction of hippocampusDevelopmental alcohol exposurePostnatal day 7Evans rat pupsEarly life stressAlcohol spectrum disordersCell numberCell type-dependent mannerNeuron lossRat pupsRodent models
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