Overview of alcohol use disorder

HR Kranzler - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Alcohol is regularly consumed throughout most of the world, including by nearly half the US
population age 12 or older. Heavy drinking, which is also common, contributes to multiple …

Pleiotropy and genetically inferred causality linking multisite chronic pain to substance use disorders

D Koller, E Friligkou, B Stiltner, GA Pathak… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Individuals suffering from chronic pain develop substance use disorders (SUDs) more often
than others. Understanding the shared genetic influences underlying the comorbidity …

Genetic influences and causal pathways shared between cannabis use disorder and other substance use traits

M Galimberti, DF Levey, JD Deak, H Zhou… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Cannabis use disorder (CanUD) has increased with the legalization of the use of cannabis.
Around 20% of individuals using cannabis develop CanUD, and the number of users has …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse Childhood Events, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and Substance Dependence: Gene X Environment Effects and Moderated Mediation

H Kranzler, C Davis, R Feinn, Z Jinwala, Y Khan… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Adverse childhood events (ACEs) contribute to the development of mood and
anxiety disorders and substance dependence. However, the extent to which these effects …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic contribution to the comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders

D Koller, M Mitjans, M Kouakou, E Friligkou… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
We characterized the genetic architecture of the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder-
substance use disorder (ADHD-SUD) relationship by investigating genetic correlation …

Examining interactions between polygenic scores and interpersonal trauma exposure on alcohol consumption and use disorder in an ancestrally diverse college …

CM Sheerin, RK O'Hara-Payne, EE Lancaster… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Genetic factors impact alcohol consumption and use disorder (AUD), with large-
scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identifying numerous associated variants …

Neuronal-specific methylome and hydroxymethylome analysis reveal significant loci associated with alcohol use disorder

DE Andrade-Brito, DL Núñez-Ríos… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex condition associated with adverse
health consequences that affect millions of individuals worldwide. Epigenetic modifications …

Polygenic risk score for problematic alcohol use predicts heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder symptoms in young adulthood after accounting for adolescent …

FL Wang, BM Hicks, H Zhou, HR Kranzler… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of loci
associated with alcohol-related traits. GWAS permit the calculation of polygenic risk scores …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical, genomic, and neurophysiological correlates of lifetime suicide attempts among individuals with alcohol dependence

P Barr, Z Neale, C Chatzinakos, J Schulman… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Research has identified clinical, genomic, and neurophysiological markers associated with
suicide attempts (SA) among individuals with psychiatric illness. However, there is limited …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal-specific methylome and hydroxymethylome analysis reveal replicated and novel loci associated with alcohol use disorder

DE Andrade-Brito, DL Nunez-Rios… - Medrxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex condition associated with adverse health
consequences that affect millions of individuals worldwide. Epigenetic modifications …