Drug addiction: hyperkatifeia/negative reinforcement as a framework for medications development

GF Koob, R Dantzer - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Compulsive drug seeking that is associated with addiction is hypothesized to follow a
heuristic framework that involves three stages (binge/intoxication, withdrawal/negative affect …

The role of neuroimmune signaling in alcoholism

FT Crews, CJ Lawrimore, TJ Walter, LG Coleman Jr - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Alcohol consumption and stress increase brain levels of known innate immune signaling
molecules. Microglia, the innate immune cells of the brain, and neurons respond to alcohol …

Gut microbiota-induced changes in β-hydroxybutyrate metabolism are linked to altered sociability and depression in alcohol use disorder

S Leclercq, T Le Roy, S Furgiuele, V Coste, LB Bindels… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) present with important emotional, cognitive, and
social impairments. The gut microbiota has been recently shown to regulate brain functions …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimmune signaling in alcohol use disorder

EK Erickson, EK Grantham, AS Warden… - Pharmacology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a widespread disease with limited treatment options.
Targeting the neuroimmune system is a new avenue for developing or repurposing effective …

Glial and neuroimmune mechanisms as critical modulators of drug use and abuse

MJ Lacagnina, PD Rivera, SD Bilbo - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 - nature.com
Drugs of abuse cause persistent alterations in synaptic plasticity that may underlie addiction
behaviors. Evidence suggests glial cells have an essential and underappreciated role in the …

Acute binge drinking increases serum endotoxin and bacterial DNA levels in healthy individuals

S Bala, M Marcos, A Gattu, D Catalano, G Szabo - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Binge drinking, the most common form of alcohol consumption, is associated with increased
mortality and morbidity; yet, its biological consequences are poorly defined. Previous studies …

Mechanisms of neuroimmune gene induction in alcoholism

FT Crews, RP Vetreno - Psychopharmacology, 2016 - Springer
Rationale Alcoholism is a primary, chronic relapsing disease of brain reward, motivation,
memory, and related circuitry. It is characterized by an individual's continued drinking …

High mobility group box 1/Toll-like receptor danger signaling increases brain neuroimmune activation in alcohol dependence

FT Crews, L Qin, D Sheedy, RP Vetreno, J Zou - Biological psychiatry, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Innate immune gene expression is regulated in part through high mobility
group box 1 (HMGB1), an endogenous proinflammatory cytokine, that activates multiple …

Impact of the innate immune response in the actions of ethanol on the central nervous system

J Montesinos, S Alfonso‐Loeches… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The innate immune response in the central nervous system (CNS) participates in both
synaptic plasticity and neural damage. Emerging evidence from human and animal studies …

Induction of innate immune genes in brain create the neurobiology of addiction

FT Crews, J Zou, L Qin - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2011 - Elsevier
Addiction occurs through repeated abuse of drugs that progressively reduce behavioral
control and cognitive flexibility while increasing limbic negative emotion. Recent discoveries …