The relationship between alcohol and emotion is extremely complex. Prolonged heavy alcohol consumption and acute alcohol administration both affect emotional processing in the brain. In …
Alcohol use disorder (AUD), defined as prolonged alcohol consumption despite negative consequences, is fundamentally a disease of associative memory. Individuals with AUD form short-term aversive …
Background: Alcohol elevates sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity, which should result in an overall increased heart rate (HR) during sleep. We propose to examine HR …
Drugs of abuse such as alcohol disrupt the brain’s natural pathways for reward and can lead to addiction. In both mammals and Drosophila, dopamine mediates …