Tolerance to alcohol: A critical yet understudied factor in alcohol addiction

SK Elvig, MA McGinn, C Smith, MA Arends… - Pharmacology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alcohol tolerance refers to a lower effect of alcohol with repeated exposure. Although
alcohol tolerance has been historically included in diagnostic manuals as one of the key …

Genetics and genomics of alcohol responses in Drosophila

A Park, A Ghezzi, TP Wijesekera, NS Atkinson - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Drosophila melanogaster has become a significant model organism for alcohol research. In
flies, a rich variety of behaviors can be leveraged for identifying genes affecting alcohol …

Flying Together: Drosophila as a Tool to Understand the Genetics of Human Alcoholism

DR Lathen, CB Merrill, A Rothenfluh - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) exacts an immense toll on individuals, families, and society.
Genetic factors determine up to 60% of an individual's risk of developing problematic alcohol …

Sleep Modulates Alcohol Toxicity in Drosophila

AK De Nobrega, EJ Noakes, NA Storch… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alcohol abuse is a significant public health problem. While considerable research has
shown that alcohol use affects sleep, little is known about the role of sleep deprivation in …

Studying alcohol use disorder using Drosophila melanogaster in the era of 'Big Data'

GL Engel, K Taber, E Vinton, AJ Crocker - Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2019 - Springer
Our understanding of the networks of genes and protein functions involved in Alcohol Use
Disorder (AUD) remains incomplete, as do the mechanisms by which these networks lead to …

Synaptic Mechanisms of Ethanol Tolerance and Neuroplasticity: Insights from Invertebrate Models

A Bhandari, A Seguin, A Rothenfluh - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Alcohol tolerance is a neuroadaptive response that leads to a reduction in the effects of
alcohol caused by previous exposure. Tolerance plays a critical role in the development of …

Mechanisms Underlying the Risk to Develop Drug Addiction, Insights From Studies in Drosophila melanogaster

J Ryvkin, A Bentzur, S Zer-Krispil… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The ability to adapt to environmental changes is an essential feature of biological systems,
achieved in animals by a coordinated crosstalk between neuronal and hormonal programs …

Alcohol-induced neuroadaptation is orchestrated by the histone acetyltransferase CBP

A Ghezzi, X Li, LK Lew, TP Wijesekera… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Homeostatic neural adaptations to alcohol underlie the production of alcohol tolerance and
the associated symptoms of withdrawal. These adaptations have been shown to persist for …

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Alcohol Neuroadaptation: Insights from Drosophila

ME Ramirez-Roman, CE Billini… - Journal of experimental …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Alcohol addiction is a serious condition perpetuated by enduring physiological and
behavioral adaptations. An important component of these adaptations is the long-term …

Preliminary Analysis of Genetic Markers for Functional Ethanol Tolerance in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Using a Free-Flying Paradigm

KLN Stauch, TE Black, CI Abramson - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of two biomarkers, heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and big
potassium ion channel protein (BKP), in the development of functional ethanol tolerance is …