Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol Increases the Sensitivity to the Reinforcing Properties of Ethanol and the Expression of Select Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Genes within the Posterior Ventral Tegmental Area.
Sheketha R HauserChristopher P KnightWilliam A TruittRobert Aaron WaeissIan S HoltGustavo B CarvajalRichard L BellZachary A RoddPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2019)
Binge-like EtOH exposure during adolescence enhances the sensitivity to the reinforcing properties of EtOH during adulthood which could be part of biological sequelae that are the basis for the deleterious effects of adolescent alcohol consumption on the rate of alcoholism during adulthood.