Individuals diagnosed with anxiety‐related illnesses are at increased risk of developing
alcoholism, exhibit a telescoped progression of this disease and fare worse in recovery …

Clinical studies suggest that women are more likely than men to relapse to alcohol drinking
in response to stress; however, the mechanisms underlying this sex difference are not well …

Background The basolateral amygdala (BLA) regulates mood and associative learning and
has been linked to the development and persistence of alcohol use disorder. The GABA BR …

It has long been appreciated that adolescence represents a uniquely vulnerable period
when chronic exposure to stressors can precipitate the onset of a broad spectrum of …

The presence of an affiliative conspecific reduces stress responses to a wide variety of
stimuli. This phenomenon is termed “social buffering”. We previously found that the …

Binge drinking is short-term drinking that achieves blood alcohol levels of 0.08 g/dl or above.
It exhibits well-established sex differences in GABAergic inhibitory neurotransmission …

Alcohol dependence is a debilitating disorder with current therapies displaying limited
efficacy and/or compliance. Consequently, there is a critical need for improved …

The lateral/basolateral amygdala (BLA) is crucial to the acquisition and extinction of
Pavlovian fear conditioning, and synaptic plasticity in this region is considered to be a neural …

The relationship between stress and alcohol-drinking behaviors has been intensively
explored; however, neuronal substrates and neurotransmitter dynamics responsible for a …

Chronic intermittent ethanol (CIE) exposure dysregulates glutamatergic and GABAergic
neurotransmission, facilitating basolateral amygdala (BLA) pyramidal neuron …