The promise of an evolutionary perspective of alcohol consumption

BL Clites, HA Hofmann, JT Pierce - Neuroscience Insights, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The urgent need for medical treatments of alcohol use disorders has motivated the search
for novel molecular targets of alcohol response. Most studies exploit the strengths of lab …

Receptors and Channels Associated with Alcohol Use: Contributions from Drosophila

KM Scaplen, E Petruccelli - Neuroscience Insights, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a debilitating disorder that manifests as problematic patterns
of alcohol use. At the core of AUD's behavioral manifestations are the profound structural …

Red turpentine beetle primary attraction to β‐pinene or 3‐carene (with and without ethanol) varies in western US pine forests

RG Kelsey, DJ Westlind… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lure attraction strength for red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae: Scolytinae) observed previously in US Pacific Northwest ponderosa pine …

Alcohol‐induced aggression in Drosophila

A Park, T Tran, L Gutierrez, CJ Stojanik… - Addiction …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol‐induced aggression is a destructive and widespread phenomenon associated with
violence and sexual assault. However, little is understood concerning its mechanistic origin …

Neuroecology of Alcohol Preference in Drosophila

IW Keesey, BS Hansson - Annual Review of Entomology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we highlight sources of alcohols in nature, as well as the behavioral and
ecological roles that these fermentation cues play in the short lifespan of Drosophila …

From Natural Behavior to Drug Screening: Invertebrates as Models to Study Mechanisms Associated with Alcohol Use Disorders

H Scholz - 2023 - Springer
Humans consume ethanol-containing beverages, which may cause an uncontrollable or
difficult-to-control intake of ethanol-containing liquids and may result in alcohol use …

Alcohol-induced aggression

NS Atkinson - Neuroscience Insights, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Intraspecies aggression is commonly focused on securing reproductive resources such as
food, territory, and mates, and it is often males who do the fighting. In humans, individual …