Neural Adaptation Leads to Cognitive Ethanol Dependence

Alcoholism – the Worst Addiction

Introduction: The most common substance of abuse/dependence in patients presenting for treatment in western countries is alcohol. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol which is also called medicinal alcohol is used as an official drug compendium. It is also administered as an antidote in methanol poisoning. However, regular consumption of high amounts of alcoholic drinks induces dependence and addiction lea...

Alcohol Addiction: Chronic Ethanol Leads to Cognitive Dependence in Drosophila

Recent studies have found that Drosophila show detrimental effects of withdrawal from ethanol on learning, a preference for stimuli associated with intoxication, and a tendency to consume ethanol after frustrating social situations.

UNDERSTANDING THE NEURAL AND COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF DECISION MAKING IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE by ERIC

The Relationship between Metacognitive Beliefs with the Level of Individual- Social Adaptability among Iran University of Medical Sciences Librarians

Background and Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between meta-cognitive beliefs with individual-social adaptability among Iran University of Medical Sciences librarians. Materials and Methods: The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study was 51 librarians of Iran University of Medical Sciences. The research tool wa...

Gene expression changes in a zebrafish model of drug dependency suggest conservation of neuro-adaptation pathways.

Addiction is a complex psychiatric disorder considered to be a disease of the brain's natural reward reinforcement system. Repeated stimulation of the 'reward' pathway leads to adaptive changes in gene expression and synaptic organization that reinforce drug taking and underlie long-term changes in behaviour. The primitive nature of reward reinforcement pathways and the near universal ability o...