Alcohol and aging–an area of increasing concern

AM White, A Orosz, PA Powell, GF Koob - Alcohol, 2023 - Elsevier
Alcohol use is increasing among adults 65 and older and the size of this population is
expanding rapidly. Aging is associated with systemic inflammation, sleep disturbances …

Alcohol use disorder: neuroimaging evidence for accelerated aging of brain morphology and hypothesized contribution to age-related dementia

EV Sullivan, A Pfefferbaum - Alcohol, 2023 - Elsevier
Excessive alcohol use curtails longevity by rendering intoxicated individuals vulnerable to
heightened risk from accidents, violence, and alcohol poisoning, and makes chronically …

Microglia NLRP3 inflammasome and neuroimmune signaling in substance use disorders

ML Guo, SK Roodsari, Y Cheng, RE Dempsey, W Hu - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the last decade, substance use disorders (SUDs) have been increasingly recognized
as neuroinflammation-related brain diseases. Various types of abused drugs (cocaine …

Impact of common ALDH2 inactivating mutation and alcohol consumption on Alzheimer's disease

T Seike, CH Chen, D Mochly-Rosen - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an enzyme found in the mitochondrial matrix that
plays a central role in alcohol and aldehyde metabolism. A common ALDH2 polymorphism …

The relaxin-3 receptor, RXFP3, is a modulator of aging-related disease

H Leysen, D Walter, L Clauwaert, L Hellemans… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the aging process our body becomes less well equipped to deal with cellular stress,
resulting in an increase in unrepaired damage. This causes varying degrees of impaired …

Upregulated GIRK2 counteracts ethanol-induced changes in excitability and respiration in human neurons

I Prytkova, Y Liu, M Fernando… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of electroencephalographic endophenotypes for
alcohol use disorder (AUD) has identified noncoding polymorphisms within the KCNJ6 …

Synaptic and mitochondrial mechanisms behind alcohol-induced imbalance of excitatory/inhibitory synaptic activity and associated cognitive and behavioral …

T Arzua, Y Yan, X Liu, RK Dash, QS Liu… - Translational Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can significantly impact the brain development of the
fetus, leading to long-term cognitive and behavioral problems. However, the underlying …

Sex-difference in the association between social drinking, structural brain aging and cognitive function in older individuals free of cognitive impairment

OA Abulseoud, EC Caparelli, J Krell‐Roesch… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background We investigated a potential sex difference in the relationship between alcohol
consumption, brain age gap and cognitive function in older adults without cognitive …

Fermented Protaetia brevitarsis Larvae Improves Neurotoxicity in Chronic Ethanol-Induced-Dementia Mice via Suppressing AKT and NF-κB Signaling Pathway

HL Lee, JM Kim, MJ Go, HS Lee, JH Kim… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study was investigated to examine the neuroprotective effect of fermented Protaetia
brevitarsis larvae (FPB) in ethanol-induced-dementia mice. Consumption of FPB by mice …

Hesperidin Protects Alcohol-Induced Mitochondrial Abnormalities via the Inhibition of Oxidative Stress and MPT Pore Opening in Newborn Male Rats as a Fetal …

Z Jamali, A Salimi, B Garmabi, S Khezri… - Journal of Studies on …, 2024 - jsad.com
Objective: Prenatal alcohol exposure causes fetal developmental abnormalities via
mitochondrial dysfunction, reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, and oxidative stress …