The Neurobiology of Adolescent Drinking in Adulthood (NADIA) Consortium has focused on
the impact of adolescent binge drinking on brain development, particularly on effects that …

Complex roles for astrocytes in health and disease continue to emerge, highlighting this
class of cells as integral to function and dysfunction of the nervous system. In particular …

Adolescence is the transitional period between childhood and adulthood, during which
extensive brain development occurs. Since this period also overlaps with the initiation of …

Studies universally find early age of drinking onset is linked to lifelong risks of alcohol
problems and alcohol use disorder (AUD). Assessment of the lasting effect of drinking during …

Gambling disorder is an impairing condition confounded by psychiatric co-morbidity,
particularly with substance use and anxiety disorders. Yet, our knowledge of the …

Gambling disorder (GD) frequently co-occurs with alcohol use and anxiety disorders,
suggesting possible shared mechanisms. Recent research suggests reward uncertainty may …

Alcohol drinking is often initiated during adolescence, and this frequently escalates to binge
drinking. As adolescence is also a period of dynamic neurodevelopment, preclinical …

Background Binge alcohol exposure during adolescence results in long‐lasting alterations
in the brain and behavior. For example, adolescent intermittent ethanol (AIE) exposure in …

Cue-based associative learning (ie, Pavlovian conditioning) is a foundational component of
behavior in almost all forms of animal life and may provide insight into individual differences …

Midbrain and striatal dopamine signals have been extremely well characterized over the
past several decades, yet novel dopamine signals and functions in reward learning and …