Abstract

The purpose of this application is to apply event-related brain potential (ERP) measures as possible neuroelectric markers that reflect individual differences for susceptibility to alcohol abuse. This goal will be pursued by assaying well-defined groups of Mexican American individuals at Iow (LR) and high-risk (HR) for alcoholism, with equal and large numbers of female and male subjects employed for all comparisons. The effects of placebo beverage will be compared with an ethanol challenge condition before and after consumption using ERP paradigms evaluated during the Pl?s previous Alcohol Research Center grant period (1998-2002). Subjects in each group will be matched on relevant between-group factors to maximize neuroelectric differences. Preliminary data from Mexican American subjects suggest that the ERP profiles will differ between Mexican American LR and HR subjects in their response to ethanol intake. With sufficiently large and well-defined samples of female and male Mexican American LR and HR subjects, the complete results will provide insight on the utility of using ERP signatures as a possible endophenotype marker for alcoholism risk.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Comprehensive Center (P60)
Project #
2P60AA006420-20
Application #
6732360
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAA1-AA (04))
Project Start
2003-03-13
Project End
2007-12-31
Budget Start
2003-03-13
Budget End
2003-12-31
Support Year
20
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$185,420
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Scripps Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
781613492
City
La Jolla
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92037

  Publications

Ehlers, Cindy L; Wills, Derek; Gilder, David A (2018) A history of binge drinking during adolescence is associated with poorer sleep quality in young adult Mexican Americans and American Indians. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 235:1775-1782
Pavon, Francisco J; Serrano, Antonia; Sidhpura, Nimish et al. (2018) Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inactivation confers enhanced sensitivity to nicotine-induced dopamine release in the mouse nucleus accumbens. Addict Biol 23:723-734
Logrip, Marian L; Walker, John R; Ayanwuyi, Lydia O et al. (2018) Evaluation of Alcohol Preference and Drinking in msP Rats Bearing a Crhr1 Promoter Polymorphism. Front Psychiatry 9:28
Serrano, Antonia; Pavon, Francisco J; Buczynski, Matthew W et al. (2018) Deficient endocannabinoid signaling in the central amygdala contributes to alcohol dependence-related anxiety-like behavior and excessive alcohol intake. Neuropsychopharmacology 43:1840-1850
Spierling, Samantha R; Kreisler, Alison D; Williams, Casey A et al. (2018) Intermittent, extended access to preferred food leads to escalated food reinforcement and cyclic whole-body metabolism in rats: Sex differences and individual vulnerability. Physiol Behav 192:3-16
Blasio, Angelo; Wang, Jingyi; Wang, Dan et al. (2018) Novel Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Protein Kinase C Epsilon Reduce Ethanol Consumption in Mice. Biol Psychiatry 84:193-201
Kirson, Dean; Oleata, Christopher Shaun; Parsons, Loren Howell et al. (2018) CB1 and ethanol effects on glutamatergic transmission in the central amygdala of male and female msP and Wistar rats. Addict Biol 23:676-688
Matzeu, Alessandra; Kallupi, Marsida; George, Olivier et al. (2018) Dynorphin Counteracts Orexin in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus: Cellular and Behavioral Evidence. Neuropsychopharmacology 43:1010-1020
de Guglielmo, Giordano; Conlisk, Dana E; Barkley-Levenson, Amanda M et al. (2018) Inhibition of Glyoxalase 1 reduces alcohol self-administration in dependent and nondependent rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 167:36-41
Matzeu, Alessandra; Terenius, Lars; Martin-Fardon, Remi (2018) Exploring Sex Differences in the Attenuation of Ethanol Drinking by Naltrexone in Dependent Rats During Early and Protracted Abstinence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 42:2466-2478

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