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College students use more marijuana in states where it’s legal, but they binge drink less

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 13, 2020

Marijuana use rates are increasing in college students in states where recreational use has been legalized. Following cannabis legalization, binge drinking rates between the cohort group fell significantly.... Read More...

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New Year’s anxiety hangover? Here’s what’s happening in your brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 1, 2020

Hangxiety, the feeling of waking up with anxiety the morning after heavy drinking, is a common symptom associated with a hangover. Researchers explain how a heavy night's drinking alters neurochemistry, leaving some of us prone to waking with anxiety.... Read More...

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Hangovers happen as your body tries to protect itself from alcohol’s toxic effects

Neuroscience NewsDecember 30, 2019

Researchers explore the biology behind hangovers, including how excessive alcohol consumption alters glutamate, serotonin, and dopamine. The paper also examines how to reduce the effects of a heavy night's drinking.... Read More...

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What leads to compulsive alcohol use?

Neuroscience NewsNovember 22, 2019

A network linking the medial prefrontal cortex and brainstem plays a critical role in the development of compulsive drinking disorder and is a driver for its expression. ... Read More...

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Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Neuroscience NewsNovember 18, 2019

Teenage binge drinking is linked to altered gene expression in the brain, specifically the central nucleus of the amygdala. Adolescent rats exposed to alcohol had increased levels of miR-137, resulting in lower expression of proteins essential for healthy neuron growth. During adulthood, these rats displayed higher levels of anxiety and an increased preference for alcohol consumption.... Read More...

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One in Ten older adults currently binge drinks

Neuroscience NewsJuly 31, 2019

As many as one in ten older adults frequently binge drink, a new study reports. The risk of binge drinking in older adults is higher for males and for those who smoke or use cannabis.... Read More...

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Neuroscience research questions current alcohol limit

Neuroscience NewsJune 21, 2019

Drinking small amounts of alcohol, like one pint of beer or a large glass of wine, significantly impairs our feeling of being in control of our actions. A new study reveals even one beer can lead to overconfidence in driving ability and make us act in inappropriate, potentially dangerous ways. The study begs the question, are current alcohol limits for driving truly safe?... Read More...

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Why drinking alcohol causes the munchies

Neuroscience NewsApril 8, 2019

A shared brain network may explain why high alcohol consumption and junk food cravings go hand in hand.... Read More...

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Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

Neuroscience NewsMarch 22, 2019

Study finds some evidence of a positive link between early life anxiety and later alcohol use disorder. However, there was no consistent link between anxiety in childhood and drinking frequency or binge drinking.... Read More...

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NIH-funded rodent study finds molecular link between adolescent alcohol use and adult anxiety

Neuroscience NewsMarch 13, 2019

Adolescent rats exposed to alcohol had a decrease of both Arc eRNA expression and Arc gene expression in the amygdala during adulthood. Additionally, the alcohol-exposed rats displayed increased anxiety behaviors as they aged.... Read More...

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Finding the Elusive Drinking ‘Brake’

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2019

Researchers have uncovered a mechanism in the BNST that senses the negative effects of alcohol and modulates the urge to drink. The study reports that when this mechanism doesn't function correctly, we lose the ability to recognize that we have had enough to drink. ... Read More...

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Heavy Drinking in Teens Causes Lasting Changes in Emotional Center of Brain

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 6, 2019

A new study reports teenage binge drinking can result in lasting epigenetic changes that alter the expression of BDNF-AS, a protein vital for the formation of neural connection in the amygdala.... Read More...

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binge drinking

College students use more marijuana in states where it’s legal, but they binge drink less

New Year’s anxiety hangover? Here’s what’s happening in your brain

What leads to compulsive alcohol use?

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

One in Ten older adults currently binge drinks

Why drinking alcohol causes the munchies

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

NIH-funded rodent study finds molecular link between adolescent alcohol use and adult anxiety

Finding the Elusive Drinking ‘Brake’

Heavy Drinking in Teens Causes Lasting Changes in Emotional Center of Brain