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RSA Selects NIAAA’s Dr. David Goldman for Distinguished Researcher Award

The Research Society on Alcoholism ( RSA) has selected David Goldman, M.D., of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to receive the Distinguished Researcher Award. This award recognizes a senior researcher who, through sustained, long-term commitment to conducting alcohol research, has made outstanding scientific contributions to the field. Dr. Goldman is chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics...

Joint CRAN Advisory Council Agenda February 11, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AGENDA 4th Joint Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DRUG ABUSE February 11, 2016 Webcast: http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=17886 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...

NIAAA to Host Twitter Chat on Holiday Drinking

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will be hosting a Twitter Chat, “Alcohol & the Holidays: What You Need to Know.” The chat will cover tips for celebrating the season safely if you choose to drink, vital stats about drunk driving, and evidence-based advice for those thinking about reducing their drinking in the New Year. The chat...

Advisory Council Agenda for September 19-20, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 131th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 19-20, 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. 5635 Fishers Lane Terrace Level Conference Room Rockville, MD 20852 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 5:30 REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS...

Alkòl ak Sèvo a: Yon Apèsi (Haitian Creole)

Alkòl jennen chemen kominikasyon sèvo a epi li ka afekte aparans sèvo a fason sèvo a fonksyone. Alkòl rann li pi difisil pou zòn nan sèvo a ki kontwole ekilib, memwa, lapawòl, ak jijman fè travay yo, sa ki lakòz yon pi gwo risk pou blesi ak lòt rezilta negatif. Lè w bwè gwo kantite alkòl pandan lontan, sa lakòz...

Advisory Council Agenda for September 18-19, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 134th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 18-19, 2013 Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. 5635 Fishers Lane Terrace Level Conference Room Rockville MD 20852 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 5:30 REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS/MERIT...

NIAAA Spectrum Spotlight: Sex Differences in Addiction Research

Recent NIH-wide efforts to address sex differences in preclinical research underscore the importance of such issues to scientists who study alcohol addiction. “In fact, animal models of alcohol addiction reveal significant differences between males and females,” says NIAAA Director George F. Koob, Ph.D., “but we have little data thus far to help us understand the neurobiological mechanisms for those differences.”...

NIH study identifies brain circuits involved in learning and decision making

Finding has implications for alcoholism and other patterns of addictive behavior Research from the National Institutes of Health has identified neural circuits in mice that are involved in the ability to learn and alter behaviors. The findings help to explain the brain processes that govern choice and the ability to adapt behavior based on the end results. Researchers think this...

Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma, NIH leaders say

WHAT: In a perspective published in Neuropsychopharmacology, leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help to reduce stigma and improve how people with these conditions are treated in health care settings and throughout society. The authors define stigma as negative attitudes toward people that are based on certain...

NIAAA Scientists Unveil New Definition of Recovery from AUD

In a new review article, scientists at NIAAA have released a definition of recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) that addresses limitations associated with prior AUD recovery definitions and lays the groundwork for future recovery-related research. As they report online in the American Journal of Psychiatry on April 12, 2022, Dr. Brett Hagman, Dr. Dan Falk, Dr. Raye Litten, and...

Moderate Drinking During Pregnancy Alters Gene Expression in the Placenta

Many children adversely affected by maternal drinking during pregnancy cannot be identified early in life using current diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In the current study, conducted with pregnant rats, researchers examined whether ethanol-induced alterations in placental gene expression may be useful as diagnostic indicators of maternal drinking during pregnancy and as a prognostic indicators of risk...

Transcript: Rethinking Drinking - The Most Important Drive of the Big Game

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COGA Suggests Genetic LOCI for P3 Brain Wave Abnormaility

Washington, D.C. Drs. Henri Begleiter and Bernice Porjesz, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, and colleagues in the six-university Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) identify in the May Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology (Volume 108, Number 3) chromosomal regions that may underlie the functional organization of human neuroelectric activity, including the...

Consequences for Families in the United States

Approximately 10.5% (7.5 million) of U.S. children ages 17 and younger live with a parent who has alcohol use disorder, according to a 2017 report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 1

Kellyn Maves

Kellyn Maves [email protected] Post Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Recipient Kellyn Maves is a post-bac IRTA working in the Section on Nutritional Neurosciences at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She currently works on the protocol Dietary linoleic acid regulation of omega-3 HUFA metabolism; satiety and body composition among overweight female subjects and will work on the protocol...

お酒(アルコール)と脳について:概要 (Japanese)

お酒を飲むと、アルコールが脳の情報を伝える経路を妨害して、脳の外観や働き方に影響を与えることがあります。アルコールは、脳の領域が平衡感覚を保ったり、記憶や発話、脳の働きの判断を統制したりするのを困難にします。すると、けがや良くない他の結果を招いてしまう可能性が高くなります。長期にわたる大量飲酒は、サイズの減少など神経細胞に変化を引き起こします。以下に、アルコールと脳に関する重要なトピックをいくつか示します。 青年期の脳 青年期の脳は、成人の脳よりもアルコールの悪影響を受けやすくなっています。青年期の大量飲酒は、脳の発達を変化させ、脳の構造と機能が長期的に変化してしまう可能性があります。 アルコールによる記憶喪失 大量飲酒は、 アルコールによる記憶喪失を引き起こす可能性があります。アルコールによる記憶喪失とは、酔っている間に起きた出来事を覚えていない記憶の空白時間があることです。記憶の空白が起こるのは、記憶を短い間保存するところから、長い間保存するところへ転送(記憶の固定化として、知られています)するのを一時的に阻害するほどのアルコールを飲んだときです。この働きをする脳の領域は、海馬と呼ばれています。 アルコールの過剰摂取 かなりの障害があることをはっきりと示す徴候があるのに飲酒を続けてしまうと、 アルコールの過剰摂取になることがあります。アルコール過剰摂取は、血流中にアルコールがたくさんある場合に起こり、呼吸、心拍数、および体温管理などの基本的生命維持機能をコンロトールしている脳の領域が機能停止し始めます。アルコール過剰摂取の症状には、精神錯乱、意識維持困難、嘔吐、発作、呼吸困難、心拍数の低下、冷たくて湿っぽい肌、反応の鈍化(窒息を防ぐ咽頭反射がないなど)、および体温の極端な低下などがあります。アルコールを過剰摂取すると、脳の永続的な損傷や死亡に至る場合があります。 アルコール使用障害 お酒を飲み続けるにつれて、脳の構造や機能に進行性の変化が起こることがあります。これらの変化で脳の機能が損なわれてしまい、飲酒は時々で酒量もほどほどだったところから、絶えず大量に飲酒するようになる可能性があります。そうなると、制御するのが難しく、 アルコール使用障害に至ることがあります。中等度から重度のアルコール使用障害の方は、 アルコール依存症のサイクルに入り込む可能性があります。長期の断酒後に、脳がどの程度正常に戻るかは完全には解明されていません。しかし、少なくともアルコール使用障害による一部の脳の変化や、それに伴う思考、感情、行動の変化は、数ヵ月の禁酒によって改善し、回復する可能性を示す研究が増えつつあります。[アルコール使用障害の神経科学に関する詳細については、ア ルコールに関する医療従事者のコアリソース(The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol)の 神経科学:依存症と回復における脳(Neuroscience: The Brain in Addiction and Recovery)の項をご覧ください]。 出生前のアルコール曝露 出生前のアルコール曝露は脳の損傷を引き起こす可能性があり、小児期のいずれかの時点で発達、認知、行動に関するさまざまな問題を引き起こす可能性があります。アルコールは、妊娠期間中のどの段階でも胎児の発育を妨げる可能性があります。この期間には、妊娠初期や女性が妊娠に気づく前の時期も含まれます。 アルコールと脳の健康についての詳細については、 お酒(アルコール)と脳についてのトピックページをご覧ください。

About Edith Sullivan, Keller Award Honoree

Each year NIAAA presents the Mark Keller Award to an outstanding researcher who has made significant and long-term contributions to our understanding of how alcohol affects the body and mind, how we can prevent and treat alcohol use disorders, and how today's scientific advancements can provide hope for tomorrow. This year's Keller Award recipient and lecturer is Dr. Edith V...

Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis

NIH-funded study in mice merits further investigation as a potential treatment A specific strain of a common bacteria found in most people with alcoholic hepatitis correlates with greater liver disease severity and mortality, according to a new study published in Nature. Alcoholic hepatitis is a serious form of alcohol-associated liver disease, and people with it have high levels of the...
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