Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis network responses to unpredictable threat in early alcohol abstinence.
Nicole L ZabikElizabeth A FlookBrandee FeolaMargaret M BenningfieldMarisa M SilveriDanny G WinderJennifer Urbano BlackfordPublished in: Alcohol, clinical & experimental research (2024)
These novel findings provide preliminary evidence for alterations in the BNST and anxiety-related corticolimbic brain regions in early alcohol abstinence, adding to growing literature in humans supporting the BNST's role in anxiety and sex-dependent effects of chronic alcohol use.