Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Alcohol Use
Disorder (AUD) is also highly prevalent in the United States, with approximately 14.1 million …

Objective Youth with a family history of alcohol use disorder (family history positive [FHP])
are at increased risk for developing maladaptive substance use relative to family history …

Studies of brain structure in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have shown the global
and focal effects that prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has on the brain, suggesting but not …

Background: A positive family history (FHP) of alcohol use disorders (AUD) is linked to
increased risk for personal AUD, but the mechanisms behind this risk are unclear. Previous …

Background While many adolescents exhibit risky behavior, teenagers with a family history
(FH+) of an alcohol use disorder (AUD) are at a heightened risk for earlier initiation of …

Familial susceptibility to alcoholism is likely to be linked to the externalizing diathesis seen
in high-risk offspring from high-density alcohol use disorder (AUD) families. The present …

Consistent with well-documented structural and microstructural abnormalities in prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE), recent studies suggest that functional connectivity (FC) may also be …

Background Individuals with a family history of alcoholism are at much greater risk for
developing an alcohol use disorder (AUD) than youth or adults without such history. A large …

Substance‐naïve offspring from high‐density alcohol use disorder (AUD) families exhibit
altered subcortical brain volumes structurally and altered executive‐functioning and emotion …

Background Even in the absence of heavy alcohol use, youth with familial alcoholism (family
history positive [FHP]) exhibit atypical brain functioning and behavior. Although emotional …