Citation

Weera MM, Gilpin NW. Alcohol Res. 2019; 40(1): e04.

Affiliation

Marcus M. Weera, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Nicholas W. Gilpin, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (USA))

DOI

10.35946/arcr.v40.1.04

PMID

31649835

PMCID

PMC6799955

Abstract

In this review, the effects of stress on alcohol drinking are discussed. The interactions between biological stress systems and alcohol drinking are examined, with a focus on the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis, corticotropin releasing factor, dynorphin, neuropeptide Y, and norepinephrine systems.

FINDINGS from animal models suggest that these biological stress systems may be useful targets for medications development for alcohol use disorder and co-occurring stress-related disorders in humans.

Language: en

Keywords

alcohol; animal models; stress