Alcohol Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Alcohol, including details on use, abuse, treatment, health, rehab.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 6 (June)

1. A regulatory variation in OPRK1, the gene encoding the kappa-opioid receptor, is associated with alcohol dependence.
   Hum Mol Genet, 17(12): 1783-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Genetic association of DRD2 polymorphisms with anxiety scores among alcohol-dependent patients.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 371(4): 591-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. At-risk drinkers are at higher risk to acquire a bacterial infection during an intensive care unit stay than abstinent or moderate drinkers.
   Crit Care Med, 36(6): 1735-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Genetic and environmental influences on alcohol, caffeine, cannabis, and nicotine use from early adolescence to middle adulthood.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 65(6): 674-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Alcohol misuse and report of recent depressive symptoms among ED patients.
   Am J Emerg Med, 26(5): 537-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Frequency of maternal licking and grooming correlates negatively with vulnerability to cocaine and alcohol use in rats.
   Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 90(3): 497-500. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Neuropeptide Y in the central nucleus of the amygdala suppresses dependence-induced increases in alcohol drinking.
   Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 90(3): 475-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Improvement of physical health and quality of life of alcohol-dependent individuals with topiramate treatment: US multisite randomized controlled trial.
   Arch Intern Med, 168(11): 1188-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy versus supportive psychotherapy for dysthymic patients with secondary alcohol abuse or dependence.
   J Nerv Ment Dis, 196(6): 468-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Quetiapine decreases alcohol consumption, craving, and psychiatric symptoms in dually diagnosed alcoholics.
    Hum Psychopharmacol, 23(5): 417-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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