2022
Alcohol withdrawal in past‐year drinkers with unhealthy alcohol use: Prevalence, characteristics, and correlates in a national epidemiologic survey
Livne O, Feinn R, Knox J, Hartwell EE, Gelernter J, Hasin DS, Kranzler HR. Alcohol withdrawal in past‐year drinkers with unhealthy alcohol use: Prevalence, characteristics, and correlates in a national epidemiologic survey. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 422-433. PMID: 35275407, PMCID: PMC8928097, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol withdrawal syndromeUnhealthy alcohol useSerious adverse outcomesNational Epidemiologic SurveyAlcohol useHealthcare utilizationAdverse outcomesGeneral populationPsychiatric disordersEpidemiologic SurveyAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnairePast-year alcohol use disorderNausea/vomitingMajor depressive disorderImportant clinical populationAlcohol use disorderRelated Conditions-IIIBorderline personality disorderPast-year prevalenceAlcohol withdrawalWithdrawal syndromeWithdrawal symptomsDepressive disorderUnhealthy drinkersHigher odds
2018
Risk Locus Identification Ties Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms to SORCS2
Smith AH, Ovesen PL, Skeldal S, Yeo S, Jensen KP, Olsen D, Diazgranados N, Zhao H, Farrer LA, Goldman D, Glerup S, Kranzler HR, Nykjær A, Gelernter J. Risk Locus Identification Ties Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms to SORCS2. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2018, 42: 2337-2348. PMID: 30252935, PMCID: PMC6317871, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol withdrawalEpigenomic data setsGenome-wide association studiesWide significant findingsLife-threatening seizuresAlcohol withdrawal symptomsTop association signalsTissue-specific activityNeural lineage cellsGenetic risk factorsHarmful alcohol useAssociation signalsRegulatory elementsBioinformatics analysisStress hormone levelsAlcohol cessationChromosome 4Neurotrophic factorWithdrawal symptomsRisk factorsEthanol exposureHormone levelsAssociation studiesNervous systemAdditional genotypingBiochemical, demographic, and self-reported tobacco-related predictors of the acute heart rate response to nicotine in smokers
Jensen KP, Valentine G, Buta E, DeVito EE, Gelernter J, Sofuoglu M. Biochemical, demographic, and self-reported tobacco-related predictors of the acute heart rate response to nicotine in smokers. Pharmacology Biochemistry And Behavior 2018, 173: 36-43. PMID: 30107183, PMCID: PMC6125200, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2018.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute heart rate responseHeart rate responseNicotine infusionHigher nicotine metabolite ratioTobacco harm reduction approachesRate responseGreater withdrawal symptomsNicotine metabolite ratioBlood-based biomarkersNicotine delivery systemsWarrants further investigationHarm reduction approachWithdrawal symptomsCardiovascular functionLower nicotine levelsTobacco useMetabolite ratiosNicotine levelsSmokeless productsHigher cortisolSmokersHR effectsStimulatory effectNicotineDemographic characteristics
2016
A protocadherin gene cluster regulatory variant is associated with nicotine withdrawal and the urge to smoke
Jensen KP, Smith AH, Herman AI, Farrer LA, Kranzler HR, Sofuoglu M, Gelernter J. A protocadherin gene cluster regulatory variant is associated with nicotine withdrawal and the urge to smoke. Molecular Psychiatry 2016, 22: 242-249. PMID: 27067016, PMCID: PMC5390815, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.43.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlack or African AmericanCadherinsDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFemaleGene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMultigene FamilyNicotinePolymorphism, Single NucleotideProtocadherinsRecurrenceSmokingSmoking CessationSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeTobacco Use DisorderWhite PeopleConceptsNicotine withdrawalSingle nucleotide polymorphismsNovel smoking cessation treatmentsAfrican AmericansSmoking cessation treatmentNicotine withdrawal symptomsOvernight smoking abstinenceEuropean American smokersFrontal cortex tissueΓ geneCessation treatmentTobacco smokingSmoking abstinenceWithdrawal symptomsAbstinent smokersAmerican smokersΓ gene expressionNicotine infusionSmoking urgesInfusion studiesSmokersMRNA expressionRisk allelesCortex tissueBrief questionnaire
2006
γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors and Alcoholism: Intoxication, Dependence, Vulnerability, and Treatment
Krystal JH, Staley J, Mason G, Petrakis IL, Kaufman J, Harris RA, Gelernter J, Lappalainen J. γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors and Alcoholism: Intoxication, Dependence, Vulnerability, and Treatment. JAMA Psychiatry 2006, 63: 957-968. PMID: 16952998, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.9.957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain GABA systemsGABA systemAlcohol dependenceWithdrawal symptomsGABA functionGamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) functionCortical GABA levelsAlcohol withdrawal symptomsΓ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A ReceptorsEnvironmental risk factorsLong-term alcohol effectsType A ReceptorsAlcohol-dependent individualsLong-term sobrietyGABA releaseNeurosteroid levelsAcute withdrawalAlcoholism vulnerabilityGABA neurotransmissionRisk factorsGABA levelsExtrasynaptic locationsLow chloride conductanceReceptor densityTonic component