alcohol

by Boston University School of Medicine edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Alcohol use is widespread and alcohol use disorder (AUD) causes substantial harm. AUD affects 29 million individuals and causes more than 140,000 deaths annually in the U.S. alone. Individuals with AUD also […]

by University of California – San Diego edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes First author Cynthia Hsu examines a stool culture from a patient on an agar plate. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego, Mass General Brigham, and their colleagues have identified specific gut bacteria and metabolic

by RIKEN edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Cluster subgrouping of participants into three clusters. Credit: Neuropsychopharmacology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41386-025-02147-7 Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan and collaborators have used genetic analysis and experiments to discover that the subjective responses of Japanese people to alcohol can be divided into three clear clusters. This

by The Scripps Research Institute edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan NE effects on sIPSCs and mIPSCs in the central amygdala of female rats. Credit: Biological Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.03.024 Alcohol affects everyone differently, but new research reveals that biological sex may play a bigger role than previously thought. In a preclinical study published in Biological Psychiatry, Scripps Research scientists have uncovered