Raye Litten, Ph.D.; Brett Hagman, Ph.D., Laura Kwako, Ph.D.; Deidra Roach, M.D., and Mariela Shirley, Ph.D. Purpose The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to advance research on various topics that fall within NIAAA’s Division of Treatment and Recovery Research (DTRR). DTRR’s research interests are wide-ranging but typically encompass broad categories such as health services, behavioral therapies...

Un 75 por ciento informa no recibir ningún tipo de tratamiento [ Leer la pagina en inglés. Read this page in English. ] Una encuesta entre adultos estadounidenses reveló que el trastorno por consumo de drogas es frecuente, concurre con una variedad de trastornos de salud mental y a menudo no se trata. El estudio, financiado por el Instituto Nacional...

Middle school students from the Washington, D.C., area will become brain scientists for a day when they visit the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 16 and 17, 2016. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health will be at the museum to lead students through hands-on activities that explore the structure and function of...

George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Membership in the NAM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to those...

酒精會干擾腦部的傳導路徑，也可能影響大腦的外觀及運作方式。酒精會使掌管平衡、記憶、言語和判斷的腦部區域較難正常運作，使人更容易受傷或出現其他不良影響。長期大量飲酒會導致神經元改變，例如其尺寸縮小。以下是一些與酒精和腦部有關的關鍵主題。 青少年的腦部 青少年的腦部比成人的腦部更容易受到酒精的負面影響。 青春期濫用酒精可能會影響腦部發育，長期可能改變腦部結構和功能。 酒精誘導的酒精性記憶空白 酒精濫用可能導致 酒精誘導的酒精性記憶空白 (blackouts)。酒精性記憶空白是指一個人在喝醉時對所發生事件的記憶落差。在一個人飲用的酒精量足以暫時阻止稱為海馬迴的腦部區域將記憶從短期儲存轉換成長期儲存（也就是記憶鞏固時），便會出現此記憶落差。 酒精過量 若儘管出現顯著受損的明顯徵象仍繼續飲酒，可能導致 酒精過量。當血液中的酒精過多，而使控制基本生命支持功能（例如呼吸、心率和體溫控制）的腦部區域開始停止作用時，就會發生酒精過量。酒精過量的症狀包括精神錯亂、難以維持清醒、嘔吐、癲癇、呼吸困難、心跳緩慢、皮膚濕黏、反應遲鈍（如失去可防止窒息的作嘔反射），以及體溫極低。酒精過量會導致永久性腦部損傷或死亡。 酒精使用疾患 每個人持續飲酒一段時間後，腦部結構和功能會逐漸改變。這些變化會傷害腦部功能，起初偶爾適量飲酒的習慣，可能會因此變成長期酒精濫用，更難以控制，並發展成 酒精使用疾患 (alcohol use disorder, AUD)。中度至重度酒精使用疾患患者可能會陷入 酒精成癮循環。尚未完全瞭解腦部在長期未暴露於酒精後恢復正常的能力，但越來越多研究顯示，至少部分酒精使用疾患誘導的腦部變化，以及伴隨的思考、感覺和行為變化，可透過戒酒幾個月來改善且可能逆轉。（更多有關酒精使用疾患神經科學的細節，請參閱 專業醫療人員酒精核心資源 (The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol) 的 神經科學：腦部的成癮和恢復 (Neuroscience: The Brain in Addiction and Recovery) 一節。） 產前酒精暴露 產前酒精暴露可能導致腦部損傷，導致一系列發育、認知和行為問題，且可能在兒童期的任何時候出現。酒精會干擾懷孕期間任何階段的胎兒發育，包括最早的階段，在女性知道自己懷孕之前。 有關酒精和腦部健康的更多資訊，請造訪 酒精和腦部主題頁面。

3rd International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS) International Conference May 26-28, 2021 To view the program of this virtual conference visit https://sips-conference.com/home George F. Koob, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, will speak at a plenary session on Thursday, May 27, 2021.

The 166th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will meet Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 The event is a Hybrid Meeting In-Person Location: 6700B Rockledge Drive, Conference Rooms A,B,C, in Bethesda, MD 20817 Online through NIH Video Cast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54694 View the Agenda.

What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces that Edith V. Sullivan, Ph.D., will deliver the 18 th annual Mark Keller Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “Functional Compromise and Compensation in Alcoholism: Neuropsychology Meets Neuroimaging.” Who: Dr. Sullivan is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at...

The NIAAA shares the sad news that George Robert “G-Bob” Siggins, Ph.D., passed away on September 22, 2023. He was both a distinguished neuroscientist and a talented musician. Dr. Siggins retired in 2013 as professor emeritus at The Scripps Research Institute ( TSRI) in La Jolla, CA., which he joined in 1983. His research focus included the molecular and electrophysiological...

2024 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research Friday, October 4, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ALL TIMES CENTRAL Location: Chicago, IL (exact location TBD) Registration Register online to join the presentations & discussions of current topics in neuroscience & addiction research: https://loom.ly/raI88mg Mini-Convention Synopsis The 2024 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...

The 12th Joint Meeting (11th CRAN) of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Cancer Advisory Board, and the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse will meet on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. The meeting is open to the public, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT. Available on NIH Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54696. View the Agenda.

College students who post references to getting drunk, blacking out, or other aspects of dangerous drinking on social networking sites are more likely to have clinically significant alcohol problems than students who do not post such references, according to a study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Researchers...

Highly visible cooperative projects, in which colleges and their surrounding communities target off-campus drinking settings, can reduce harmful alcohol use among college students, according to a report by researchers supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. “This innovative, important study is a valuable contribution to the search for solutions...

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Summary of the 117th Meeting February 6-7, 2008 The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism convened for its 117th meeting at 5:30 p.m. on February 6, 2008, at the FishersLaneConferenceCenter in Rockville, Maryland, in a closed session, and again at 8:15 a.m. on February 7, also in closed session. The...

In a commentary published in April in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Raye Litten, Ph.D., and other NIAAA scientists describe the evolution of our understanding of the heterogeneity of alcohol use disorder (AUD), and outline new treatment and research regimes that follow from the recognition that alcohol problems are manifested along a continuum of severity, ranging from the...

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The 11th joint meeting of the the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Cancer Advisory Board, and the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse (CRAN) will take place on Wednesday May 10, 2023 from 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM EST. The full agenda is available and the event will take place via videocast.

What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D. will deliver the 9th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “ Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Organ Inflammation and Therapeutic Targets in Alcoholic Hepatitis.” Who: Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D., is the Worcester Foundation for...

Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. SIDS is the sudden, unexplained, death of an infant...