Objective: This article provides an overview of the scientific literature pertaining to the effects
of alcohol on neural correlates of cognitive and emotional functioning, including reward …

Background Alcohol dependence (AD) has global effects on brain structure and function,
including frontolimbic regions regulating affective processing. Preliminary evidence …

Background: Most people often consume alcohol cumulatively and gradually. Yet almost
scientific knowledge about alcohol's acute effects on cognition, behavior, and affect stems …

The neurobiology of typical moral cognition involves the interaction of frontal, limbic, and
temporoparietal networks. There is still much to be understood mechanistically about how …

The questions whether and how empathy for pain can be modulated by acute alcohol
intoxication in the non-dependent population remain unanswered. To address these …

Introduction: Interoceptive awareness (IA) is defined as an ability to accurately perceive
interoceptive processes, which comprise receiving, processing, and integrating body …

Background The delineation of the behavioral neurobiological mechanisms underlying the
heterogeneous pathways for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) is ostensibly imperative for the …

Following exposure to a potentially traumatic event (PTE), some individuals experience
negative mental health outcomes such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression …

Background: Craving induction in a controlled environment is helpful in the research of
craving mechanism and its role in development of alcohol dependence (AD). We describe a …

Abstract Purpose of Review Many drug users claim to use drugs to cope with negative
emotions, which may, in turn, result in persistent emotional blunting or anhedonia even …