Voluntary alcohol consumption disrupts coupling of prefrontal cortical activity to arousal

G Sipe, I Linares-Garcia, M Nguyen, E Vazey, R Huda - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) exacts a major personal, societal, and economic toll. Top-down
control from the prefrontal cortex (PFC), a critical hub for decision making, executive, and …

Inhibition of the ventral hippocampus increases alcohol drinking

WC Griffin, JA Rinker, JJ Woodward, PJ Mulholland… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
The function of the ventral hippocampus (vHC) supports many behaviors, including those
related to reward seeking behaviors and drug addiction. We used a mouse model of alcohol …