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Didier N, Vena A, Feather AR, Grant JE, King AC. Holding your liquor: Comparison of alcohol-induced psychomotor impairment in drinkers with and without alcohol use disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2023. [PMID: 37330919 DOI: 10.1111/acer.15080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Behavioral tolerance to alcohol underscores the widely accepted notion that individuals who regularly drink alcohol become less sensitive to its impairing effects. However, previous research assessing alcohol-induced impairment in humans has primarily focused on social drinkers. This has limited our understanding of the nature and extent of behavioral tolerance among heavier drinkers, such as those with alcohol use disorder (AUD). METHODS Data from three cohorts of the Chicago Social Drinking Project were evaluated to examine the acute effects of alcohol on psychomotor performance across the breath alcohol curve in light drinkers (LDs; n = 86), heavy drinkers (HDs; n = 208), and individuals with AUD (AUDs; n = 103). Before and at several intervals after ingesting either alcohol (0.8 g/kg, peak BrAC = 0.09 g/dL) or placebo in two random-order laboratory sessions, participants completed a test of fine motor coordination (Grooved Pegboard), a test of perceptual-motor processing (Digit Symbol Substitution Task), and a self-reported survey of perceived impairment. Sixty individuals with AUD completed a third session with a very high dose of alcohol (1.2 g/kg, peak BrAC = 0.13 g/dL). RESULTS The AUD and HD groups, relative to the LD group, perceived less impairment and demonstrated greater behavioral tolerance to an intoxicating dose of alcohol, exhibited by reduced peak impairment and a quicker return to baseline performance on psychomotor measures. Among individuals with AUD who consumed the very high dose, impairment was more than double that following the usual high dose, and it exceeded the impairment among LDs following the usual high dose. CONCLUSIONS In this sample of young adult drinkers, relative to the LD group, those with heavier drinking patterns (AUD and HD groups) showed greater behavioral tolerance to 0.8 g/kg alcohol, a dose typically associated with a binge drinking episode. However, when challenged with a very high alcohol dose commensurate with high-intensity drinking, individuals with AUD showed substantial psychomotor impairment.
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- Nathan Didier
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1-2 Drinks Per Day Affect Lipoprotein Composition after 3 Weeks-Results from a Cross-Over Pilot Intervention Trial in Healthy Adults Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Measured Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14235043. [PMID: 36501072 PMCID: PMC9735490 DOI: 10.3390/nu14235043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption ranging from 1−2 drinks/day associates with a lower risk of coronary heart disease in some studies. The underlying mechanisms are unclear. The Metabolic Imprints of Alcoholic Beverages (MetAl) trial aimed to explore the short-term effects of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular biomarkers. A 2 × 3-week cross-over single-blinded intervention trial investigating the effect of 1−2 drinks/day (~12−24 g) compared with abstention on 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-measured main lipoproteins and subfractions was performed in 26 healthy adults. Volunteers were classified as occasional or habitual drinkers based on their habitual alcohol intakes (<2 or ≥2 drinks/week). Compared with abstention, 1−2 drinks/day increased HDL2a-C (p = 0.004), HDL3-C (p = 0.008), and HDL non-significantly (p = 0.19). Total apoA1 and apoA1 in HDL and its subfractions increased (p < 0.05). Novel findings were a decreased apoB/apoA1 ratio (p = 0.02), and increased HDL2a phospholipid content (p = 0.04). In women alone, the results were similar but attenuated, and LDL-P decreased. Thus, changes in apoA1- and HDL-related biomarkers occur within weeks in moderate drinkers. Compared with abstention, 1−2 drinks/day increased total apoA1 more strongly than HDL-C and increased the cholesterol, apoA1, and phospholipid content of several HDL subfractions. Whether this provides a cardiovascular benefit requires further study. Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03384147.
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King AC, Vena A, Howe MM, Feather A, Cao D. Haven't lost the positive feeling: a dose-response, oral alcohol challenge study in drinkers with alcohol use disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2022; 47:1892-1900. [PMID: 35701549 PMCID: PMC9485138 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-022-01340-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Models of addiction are based on neurobiological, behavioral, and pharmacological studies in animals, but translational support from human studies is limited. Studies are lacking in examining acute responses to alcohol in drinkers with alcohol use disorder (AUD), particularly in terms of relevant intoxicating doses and measurement of stimulating and rewarding effects throughout the breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) time curve. Participants were N = 60 AUD drinkers enrolled in the Chicago Social Drinking Project and examined in three random-order and blinded sessions for subjective and physiological responses to a beverage containing 0.0 g/kg, 0.8 g/kg, and 1.2 g/kg alcohol. BrAC in the alcohol sessions at 60 min was 0.09 g/dL and 0.13 g/dL, respectively. Both doses of alcohol produced significant biphasic effects on subjective measures of stimulation, euphoria, reward (liking and wanting), sedation, and neuroendocrine and cardiovascular factors. Increased pleasurable effects of alcohol were pronounced during the rising limb-to-peak BrAC and sedating effects emerged during the declining limb. Alcohol dose-dependently increased feel drug ratings and rewarding effects at peak BrAC or early declining limb, and physiological responses at the rising limb. Thus, rather than the notion of an overall tolerance, results show an alcohol response phenotype characterized by sensitivity to alcohol's stimulating, rewarding and physiological effects. The results of this study may aid in the conceptualization of alcohol addiction as a disorder characterized by the persistence of enhanced hedonic alcohol responses rather than chronic tolerance and reward deficiency.
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- Andrea C King
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago 5841 S, Maryland Avenue (MC-3077), Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago 5841 S, Maryland Avenue (MC-3077), Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago 5841 S, Maryland Avenue (MC-3077), Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago 5841 S, Maryland Avenue (MC-3077), Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago 5841 S, Maryland Avenue (MC-3077), Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Wilkens TL, Tranæs K, Eriksen JN, Dragsted LO. Moderate alcohol consumption and lipoprotein subfractions: a systematic review of intervention and observational studies. Nutr Rev 2021; 80:1311-1339. [PMID: 34957513 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuab102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and improvement in cardiovascular risk markers, including lipoproteins and lipoprotein subfractions. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the relationship between moderate alcohol intake, lipoprotein subfractions, and related mechanisms. DATA SOURCES Following PRISMA, all human and ex vivo studies with an alcohol intake up to 60 g/d were included from 8 databases. DATA EXTRACTION A total of 17 478 studies were screened, and data were extracted from 37 intervention and 77 observational studies. RESULTS Alcohol intake was positively associated with all HDL subfractions. A few studies found lower levels of small LDLs, increased average LDL particle size, and nonlinear relationships to apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. Cholesterol efflux capacity and paraoxonase activity were consistently increased. Several studies had unclear or high risk of bias, and heterogeneous laboratory methods restricted comparability between studies. CONCLUSIONS Up to 60 g/d alcohol can cause changes in lipoprotein subfractions and related mechanisms that could influence cardiovascular health. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO registration no. 98955.
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- Trine L Wilkens
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Section for Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Section for Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Section for Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Section for Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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King A, Vena A, Hasin D, deWit H, O’Connor SJ, Cao D. Subjective Responses to Alcohol in the Development and Maintenance of Alcohol Use Disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2021; 178:560-571. [PMID: 33397141 PMCID: PMC8222099 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20030247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Alcohol use disorder (AUD) remains an urgent public health problem. Longitudinal data are needed to clarify the role of acute subjective responses to alcohol in the development and maintenance of excessive drinking and AUD. The authors report on 10 years of repeated examination of acute alcohol responses in the Chicago Social Drinking Project. METHODS Young adult drinkers (N=190) participated in an initial alcohol challenge (0.8 g/kg of alcohol compared with placebo) that was repeated 5 and 10 years later. They were also assessed on drinking behavior and AUD symptoms at numerous intervals across the decade. Retention was high, as 184 of the 185 (99%) nondeceased active participants completed the 10-year follow-up, and 91% (163 of 179) of those eligible for alcohol consumption engaged in repeated laboratory testing during this interval. RESULTS At the end of the decade, 21% of participants met criteria for past-year AUD. Individuals who reported the greatest alcohol stimulation, liking, and wanting at the initial alcohol challenge were most likely to have developed AUD 10 years later. Further, alcohol-induced stimulation and wanting increased in reexamination testing among those with the highest AUD symptoms as the decade progressed. CONCLUSIONS Initial stimulant and rewarding effects of alcohol predicted heavy alcohol use, and the magnitude of these positive subjective effects increased over a 10-year period in those who developed AUD compared with those who did not develop the disorder. The findings demonstrate systematic changes in subjective responses to alcohol over time, providing an empirical basis for prevention, early intervention, and treatment strategies.
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- Andrea King
- University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Chicago IL
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- University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Chicago IL
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- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY
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- University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Chicago IL
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- Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University, Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, Indianapolis and West Lafayette, IN
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chicago, IL
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Vena A, Howe M, Fridberg D, Cao D, King AC. The Feasibility, Tolerability, and Safety of Administering a Very High Alcohol Dose to Drinkers with Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2020; 44:2588-2597. [PMID: 33038271 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION There remains a paucity of research quantifying alcohol's effects in drinkers with alcohol use disorder (AUD), particularly responses to very high alcohol doses (≥0.8 g/kg). As drinkers with AUD frequently engage in very heavy drinking (8 to 10 drinks/occasion), doses of ≤0.8 g/kg may lack ecological validity. The present study examined the feasibility, tolerability, and safety of administering a very high alcohol dose (1.2 g/kg) to non-treatment-seeking AUD participants. METHODS Sixty-one young adult AUD drinkers enrolled in the Chicago Social Drinking Project and completed 3 laboratory sessions at which they consumed a beverage with 1.2, 0.8, and 0.0 g/kg alcohol. Physiological responses (vital signs, nausea and vomiting, breath alcohol concentrations [BrAC]) were monitored throughout the sessions. After each session, participants completed a next-day survey of substance use, engagement in risky behaviors, and related consequences. RESULTS Overall, the sample demonstrated good compliance with study procedures; 93% of participants adhered to presession alcohol abstinence requirements (indicated by BrAC < 0.003 g/dl), with no participants exhibiting serious alcohol withdrawal symptoms at arrival to study visits. The 1.2 g/kg alcohol dose achieved an expected mean peak BrAC of 0.13 g/dl at 60 minutes after drinking, which was well tolerated; the majority of the sample did not experience nausea (70%) or vomiting (93%), and dose effects on vital signs were not clinically significant. Finally, we demonstrated that the 1.2 g/kg alcohol dose is safe and not associated with postsession consequences, including reduced sleep time, atypical substance use, accidents or injuries, and severe hangovers. CONCLUSION Results support the feasibility, tolerability, and safety of administering a very high alcohol dose to young adult drinkers with AUD within the context of a well-validated laboratory alcohol challenge paradigm. Utilizing an alcohol dose more consistent with naturalistic drinking patterns may foster greater ecological validity of laboratory paradigms for persons with moderate to severe AUD.
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- Ashley Vena
- From the, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, (AV, MH, DF, ACK), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- From the, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, (AV, MH, DF, ACK), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- From the, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, (AV, MH, DF, ACK), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, (DC), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- From the, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, (AV, MH, DF, ACK), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Cyders MA, Plawecki MH, Corbin W, King A, McCarthy DM, Ramchandani VA, Weafer J, O'Connor SJ. To Infuse or Ingest in Human Laboratory Alcohol Research. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2020; 44:764-776. [PMID: 32056250 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Human alcohol laboratory studies use two routes of alcohol administration: ingestion and infusion. The goal of this paper was to compare and contrast these alcohol administration methods. The work summarized in this report was the basis of a 2019 Research Society on Alcoholism Roundtable, "To Ingest or Infuse: A Comparison of Oral and Intravenous Alcohol Administration Methods for Human Alcohol Laboratory Designs." We review the methodological approaches of each and highlight strengths and weaknesses pertaining to different research questions. We summarize methodological considerations to aid researchers in choosing the most appropriate method for their inquiry, considering exposure variability, alcohol expectancy effects, safety, bandwidth, technical skills, documentation of alcohol exposure, experimental variety, ecological validity, and cost. Ingestion of alcohol remains a common and often a preferable, methodological practice in alcohol research. Nonetheless, the main problem with ingestion is that even the most careful calculation of dose and control of dosing procedures yields substantial and uncontrollable variability in the participants' brain exposures to alcohol. Infusion methodologies provide precise exposure control but are technically complex and may be limited in ecological validity. We suggest that alcohol ingestion research may not be the same thing as alcohol exposure research; investigators should be aware of the advantages and disadvantages that the choice between ingestion and infusion of alcohol invokes.
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- Melissa A Cyders
- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Universtiy of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Section on Human Psychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Berey BL, Leeman RF, Chavarria J, King AC. Relationships between generalized impulsivity and subjective stimulant and sedative responses following alcohol administration. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 2019; 33:616-625. [PMID: 31497988 DOI: 10.1037/adb0000512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Impulsivity and subjective response (SR) to alcohol (i.e., individual differences in sensitivity to pharmacologic alcohol effects) are both empirically supported risk factors for alcohol use disorder; however, these constructs have been infrequently studied as related risk factors. The present investigation examined a self-report measure of impulsivity (i.e., the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Version 11) in relation to acute alcohol effects (i.e., stimulant and sedative SR). Participants came from 2 cohorts of the Chicago Social Drinking Project. Heavy and light drinkers from Cohort 1 (n = 156) and heavy social drinkers from Cohort 2 (n = 104) were examined using identical laboratory protocols following oral alcohol administration using a within-subject, double-blind, placebo-controlled laboratory study design. Self-reported impulsivity and, for comparison purposes, sensation seeking were measured at baseline, and SR was measured once prior to and 4 times following alcohol administration. More impulsive light, but not heavy, drinkers reported heightened stimulant SR following alcohol administration. High impulsive, light drinkers reported stimulant SR at a magnitude similar to that for heavy drinkers, whereas low impulsive, light drinkers reported limited stimulant SR. The interaction between impulsivity and sensation seeking did not statistically predict stimulant SR, and overall, impulsivity was a stronger predictor than was sensation seeking. However, impulsivity was not statistically predictive of dampened sedative SR among light or heavy drinkers. These findings partially replicate and extend the recent literature linking self-reported impulsivity to heightened stimulant SR from alcohol. Future directions include longitudinal studies and research relating multiple facets of impulsivity to SR. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Benjamin L Berey
- Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida
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- Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago
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Schacht JP, Anton RF, McNamara PJ, Im Y, King AC. The dopamine transporter VNTR polymorphism moderates the relationship between acute response to alcohol and future alcohol use disorder symptoms. Addict Biol 2019; 24:1109-1118. [PMID: 30230123 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a genetically influenced disease with peak onset in young adulthood. Identification of factors that predict whether AUD symptoms will diminish or persist after young adulthood is a critical public health need. King and colleagues previously reported that acute response to alcohol predicted future AUD symptom trajectory. Genes associated with brain dopamine signaling, which underlies alcohol's rewarding effects, might influence this finding. This study analyzed whether variation at a variable number tandem repeat polymorphism in DAT1/SLC6A3, the gene encoding the dopamine transporter, moderated the predictive relationships between acute response to alcohol and future AUD symptoms among participants enrolled in the Chicago Social Drinking Project (first two cohorts). Heavy-drinking young adults (N = 197) completed an alcohol challenge, in which acute response (liking, wanting, stimulation, and sedation) was measured. Alcohol use disorder symptoms were assessed over the following 6 years. DAT1 genotype significantly moderated the interactions between follow-up time and alcohol liking (P = 0.006) and wanting (P = 0.006) in predicting future AUD symptoms. These predictive effects were strongest among participants who carried the DAT1 9-repeat allele, previously associated with enhanced striatal dopamine tone relative to the 10-repeat allele. Exploratory analyses indicated that DAT1 effects on the relationship between alcohol liking and AUD symptoms appeared stronger for females (n = 79) than males (n = 118) (P = 0.0496). These data suggest that heavy-drinking DAT1 9-repeat allele carriers who display high alcohol-induced reward in young adulthood may be predisposed to persistent AUD symptoms and support combining genotypic and phenotypic information to predict future AUD risk.
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- Joseph P. Schacht
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience; University of Chicago; Chicago Illinois USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston South Carolina USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience; University of Chicago; Chicago Illinois USA
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Flowe HD, Humphries JE, Takarangi MK, Zelek K, Karoğlu N, Gabbert F, Hope L. An experimental examination of the effects of alcohol consumption and exposure to misleading postevent information on remembering a hypothetical rape scenario. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 33:393-413. [PMID: 31423049 PMCID: PMC6686984 DOI: 10.1002/acp.3531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We experimentally examined the effects of alcohol consumption and exposure to misleading postevent information on memory for a hypothetical interactive rape scenario. We used a 2 beverage (alcohol vs. tonic water) × 2 expectancy (told alcohol vs. told tonic) factorial design. Participants (N = 80) were randomly assigned to conditions. They consumed alcohol (mean blood alcohol content = 0.06%) or tonic water before engaging in the scenario. Alcohol expectancy was controlled by telling participants they were consuming alcohol or tonic water alone, irrespective of the actual beverage they were consuming. Approximately a week later, participants were exposed to a misleading postevent narrative and then recalled the scenario and took a recognition test. Participants who were told that they had consumed alcohol rather than tonic reported fewer correct details, but they were no more likely to report incorrect or misleading information. The confidence-accuracy relationship for control and misled items was similar across groups, and there was some evidence that metacognitive discrimination was better for participants who were told that they had consumed alcohol compared with those told they had tonic water. Implications for interviewing rape victims are discussed.
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- School of Neuroscience, Psychology and BehaviourUniversity of LeicesterLeicesterUK
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- Department of PsychologyGoldsmiths, University of LondonLondonUK
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of PortsmouthPortsmouthUK
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Weafer J, Ross TJ, O’Connor S, Stein EA, de Wit H, Childs E. Striatal activity correlates with stimulant-like effects of alcohol in healthy volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology 2018; 43:2532-2538. [PMID: 30093699 PMCID: PMC6224577 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0166-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Individuals who experience greater stimulation and less sedation from alcohol are at increased risk for alcohol-related problems. However, little is known regarding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying subjective response to alcohol. The current study examined the degree to which alcohol-induced brain activation correlates with ratings of stimulation and sedation, using a within-subjects, double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Participants (N = 34 healthy adults with no history of alcohol use disorder) completed three sessions: a calibration session to determine the duration of infusion needed to bring the breath alcohol to 80 mg/dl for each subject, and two counterbalanced fMRI sessions with placebo and alcohol administration. During the fMRI sessions, participants underwent 50 min scans, which included a 10 min baseline period, the IV infusion period needed to bring breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) to a peak 80 mg/dl (on the alcohol session), followed by a post-peak decline period. Participants rated their subjective stimulation and sedation at regular intervals throughout the scan. A priori VOI analyses showed that the time course of stimulation correlated with BOLD signal in the striatum. The time course of sedation did not correlate with BOLD signal in any VOIs. There were no correlations in primary visual cortex, which served as a control. These findings are the first to show that alcohol effects in the striatum are linked to the positive, stimulant-like effects of the drug and advance our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying individual differences in subjective responses to alcohol, and more broadly, risk for alcohol use disorders.
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- Jessica Weafer
- 0000 0004 1936 7822grid.170205.1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
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- 0000 0004 0533 7147grid.420090.fNeuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
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- 0000 0001 2287 3919grid.257413.6Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA ,0000 0000 9681 3540grid.280828.8R.L. Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- 0000 0004 0533 7147grid.420090.fNeuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
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- 0000 0004 1936 7822grid.170205.1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Oberlin BG, Dzemidzic M, Eiler WJA, Carron CR, Soeurt CM, Plawecki MH, Grahame NJ, O'Connor SJ, Kareken DA. Pairing neutral cues with alcohol intoxication: new findings in executive and attention networks. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2018; 235:2725-2737. [PMID: 30066136 PMCID: PMC6119082 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-018-4968-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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RATIONALE Alcohol-associated stimuli capture attention, yet drinkers differ in the precise stimuli that become paired with intoxication. OBJECTIVES Extending our prior work to examine the influence of alcoholism risk factors, we paired abstract visual stimuli with intravenous alcohol delivered covertly and examined brain responses to these Pavlovian-conditioned stimuli in fMRI when subjects were not intoxicated. METHODS Sixty healthy drinkers performed task-irrelevant alcohol conditioning that presented geometric shapes as conditioned stimuli. Shapes were paired with a rapidly rising alcohol limb (conditioned stimulus; CS+) using intravenous alcohol infusion targeting a final peak breath alcohol concentration of 0.045 g/dL or saline (CS-) infusion at matched rates. On day 2, subjects performed monetary delay discounting outside the scanner to assess delay tolerance and then underwent event-related fMRI while performing the same task with CS+, CS-, and an irrelevant symbol. RESULTS CS+ elicited stronger activation than CS- in frontoparietal executive/attention and orbitofrontal reward-associated networks. Risk factors including family history, recent drinking, sex, and age of drinking onset did not relate to the [CS+ > CS-] activation. Delay-tolerant choice and [CS+ > CS-] activation in right inferior parietal cortex were positively related. CONCLUSIONS Networks governing executive attention and reward showed enhanced responses to stimuli experimentally paired with intoxication, with the right parietal cortex implicated in both alcohol cue pairing and intertemporal choice. While different from our previous study results in 14 men, we believe this paradigm in a large sample of male and female drinkers offers novel insights into Pavlovian processes less affected by idiosyncratic drug associations.
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- Brandon G Oberlin
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Indiana University, 355 W. 16th Street (GH 4800), Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
- Stark Neurosciences Institute, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Indiana University, 355 W. 16th Street (GH 4800), Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Indiana University, 355 W. 16th Street (GH 4800), Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Roudebush Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Indiana University, 355 W. 16th Street (GH 4800), Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Stark Neurosciences Institute, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Cheng WJ, Lin CC, Cheng Y, Huang MC. Effects of caffeinated alcoholic beverages with low alcohol and high caffeine content on cognitive and motor functions. Hum Psychopharmacol 2017; 32. [PMID: 28983971 DOI: 10.1002/hup.2634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In Taiwan, caffeinated alcoholic beverages (CABs), with high caffeine but low alcohol concentrations compared to those sold in Western countries, are commonly consumed at work and have been associated with work-related injuries. However, the effects on cognitive and motor functions and self-perception have not been examined. METHODS Twenty-eight healthy male volunteers (mean age: 32.6 ± 2.7) participated in the study. Each participant visited our laboratory 4 times at intervals of at least 1 week and was assigned to one of 4 trials in a counterbalanced order at each visit: placebo, alcohol, caffeinated energy drink, and CAB. They completed the subjective perception ratings, go/no-go tasks, Stroop color-word tests, Purdue pegboard tests, and the standardized field sobriety test. We used analysis of variance to examine the intraindividual differences in the performance. RESULTS Consuming alcohol of 0.23 g/kg typically consumed by Taiwanese CAB drinkers caused significant impairments in fine and crude motor functions; caffeine (1.5 mg/kg) did not antagonize these effects but led to an improvement in response speed in the go/no-go task. The subjective perceptions produced by alcohol were not masked by caffeine. CONCLUSIONS CABs that contains a higher ratio of caffeine to alcohol did not counteract the motor function impairments induced by alcohol.
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- Wan-Ju Cheng
- Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Fridberg DJ, Rueger SY, Smith P, King AC. Association of Anticipated and Laboratory-Derived Alcohol Stimulation, Sedation, and Reward. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2017; 41:1361-1369. [PMID: 28493556 PMCID: PMC5509338 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Laboratory alcohol challenges are the "gold standard" for obtaining accurate measurements of subjective alcohol stimulation, sedation, and reward. However, these approaches are time and resource intensive. This study examined the extent to which self-reported anticipated alcohol stimulation, sedation, and reward corresponded with those same responses measured with the Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale (BAES), Brief-BAES (B-BAES), and Drug Effects Questionnaire (DEQ) during a controlled laboratory alcohol challenge. METHODS Participants were 106 light-to-heavy social drinkers (58.5% male; mean ± SD age = 35.8 ± 3.2 years) who completed the Anticipated BAES and DEQ, as well as laboratory-derived versions of these scales 30 and 60 minutes after consuming placebo and 0.8 g/kg alcohol on separate days as part of laboratory sessions in the Chicago Social Drinking Project. RESULTS Anticipated BAES/B-BAES and Anticipated DEQ alcohol effects were strong predictors of their corresponding laboratory-derived responses during both the rising limb and at peak breath alcohol concentrations. Effects were significant even when accounting for age, sex, past-month heavy drinking frequency, and laboratory session order (placebo or alcohol first). CONCLUSIONS This study provides strong preliminary support for measuring anticipated alcohol effects with the Anticipated BAES/B-BAES and Anticipated DEQ as a proxy of subjective responses experienced during a controlled laboratory alcohol challenge. The findings lend support for these measures as viable alternatives to other anticipatory scales when laboratory-derived alcohol response measurement is not feasible.
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- Daniel J. Fridberg
- Corresponding author at Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
60637. Phone: 773-834-3598. Fax: 773-702-0096.
(D.J. Fridberg)
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Alcohol-induced performance impairment: a 5-year re-examination study in heavy and light drinkers. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2017; 234:1749-1759. [PMID: 28280882 PMCID: PMC5479325 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-017-4577-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The theory of behavioral tolerance to alcohol posits that greater experience with drinking to intoxication leads to less impaired cognitive and psychomotor performance. However, the degree to which behavioral tolerance develops or changes over time in adults due to repeated heavy alcohol drinking has not been clearly demonstrated. METHOD We examined data from the first 6 years of the Chicago Social Drinking Project to test whether chronic heavy drinkers (HDs; n = 86) and light drinkers (LDs; n = 69) exhibit behavioral tolerance or changes in perceived impairment at two testing phases in early adulthood. Tasks were the Grooved Pegboard and Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) given at initial testing and then repeated in a re-examination phase 5 years later. Alcohol (0.8 g/kg) and placebo were administered at separate sessions in each phase for a total of 620 individual laboratory sessions. RESULTS HDs exhibited less impairment over time on the Pegboard task but not on the DSST, while LDs did not exhibit behavioral tolerance on either task. HDs reported persistently lower perceived impairment compared to LDs. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that behavioral tolerance in HDs is evident over time on rote fine motor skills (Pegboard) but not more complex skills integrating motor speed, encoding, and short-term memory (DSST). The results have implications for our understanding of alcohol-induced impairments across neurobehavioral processes in heavy drinkers and their ongoing risks for alcohol-related consequences over time.
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Weafer J, Gallo DA, de Wit H. Acute Effects of Alcohol on Encoding and Consolidation of Memory for Emotional Stimuli. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2016; 77:86-94. [PMID: 26751358 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Acute doses of alcohol impair memory when administered before encoding of emotionally neutral stimuli but enhance memory when administered immediately after encoding, potentially by affecting memory consolidation. Here, we examined whether alcohol produces similar biphasic effects on memory for positive or negative emotional stimuli. METHOD The current study examined memory for emotional stimuli after alcohol (0.8 g/kg) was administered either before stimulus viewing (encoding group; n = 20) or immediately following stimulus viewing (consolidation group; n = 20). A third group received placebo both before and after stimulus viewing (control group; n = 19). Participants viewed the stimuli on one day, and their retrieval was assessed exactly 48 hours later, when they performed a surprise cued recollection and recognition test of the stimuli in a drug-free state. RESULTS As in previous studies, alcohol administered before encoding impaired memory accuracy, whereas alcohol administered after encoding enhanced memory accuracy. Critically, alcohol effects on cued recollection depended on the valence of the emotional stimuli: Its memory-impairing effects during encoding were greatest for emotional stimuli, whereas its memory-enhancing effects during consolidation were greatest for emotionally neutral stimuli. Effects of alcohol on recognition were not related to stimulus valence. CONCLUSIONS This study extends previous findings with memory for neutral stimuli, showing that alcohol differentially affects the encoding and consolidation of memory for emotional stimuli. These effects of alcohol on memory for emotionally salient material may contribute to the development of alcohol-related problems, perhaps by dampening memory for adverse consequences of alcohol consumption.
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- Jessica Weafer
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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King A, Hasin D, O’Connor SJ, McNamara PJ, Cao D. A Prospective 5-Year Re-examination of Alcohol Response in Heavy Drinkers Progressing in Alcohol Use Disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2016; 79:489-98. [PMID: 26117308 PMCID: PMC4644521 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The main neurobiological theories of the development of addiction, including tolerance, sensitization, incentive-sensitization, and allostasis, have not been tested in longitudinal human alcohol response research. To address this issue, we conducted the first controlled prospective investigation of subjective and neuroendocrine responses to alcohol measured over a 5-year interval in at-risk young adult heavy drinkers (HD) and light drinker control subjects. METHODS Participants were 156 individuals, 86 heavy drinkers and 70 light drinkers, undergoing an initial oral alcohol challenge testing (.8 g/kg alcohol vs. placebo) and an identical re-examination testing 5 to 6 years later. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms and drinking behaviors were assessed in the interim follow-up period. RESULTS At re-examination, HD continued to exhibit higher sensitivity on alcohol's stimulating and rewarding effects with lower sensitivity to sedative effects and cortisol reactivity, relative to light drinkers. In HD with high AUD symptom trajectories over follow-up, heightened alcohol stimulation and reward persisted at re-examination. HD with low AUD symptoms showed reduced alcohol stimulation over time and lower reward throughout compared with the HD with high and intermediate AUD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Results support the early stage phase of the allostasis model, with persistently heightened reward sensitivity and stimulation in heavy drinkers exhibiting AUD progression in early mid-adulthood. While there are multiple pathways to development of a disorder as complex as AUD, maintenance of alcohol stimulatory and rewarding effects may play an important role in the continuation and progression of alcohol addiction.
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- Andrea King
- University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Chicago IL
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- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY
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- Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University, Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, Indianapolis, IN
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- University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Chicago IL
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chicago, IL
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Flowe HD, Takarangi MKT, Humphries JE, Wright DS. Alcohol and remembering a hypothetical sexual assault: Can people who were under the influence of alcohol during the event provide accurate testimony? Memory 2015; 24:1042-61. [DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1064536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alcohol challenge responses predict future alcohol use disorder symptoms: a 6-year prospective study. Biol Psychiatry 2014; 75:798-806. [PMID: 24094754 PMCID: PMC4280017 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Propensity for alcohol misuse may be linked to an individuals' response to alcohol. This study examined the role of alcohol response phenotypes to future drinking problems. METHODS One hundred four young heavy social drinkers participated in a within-subject, double-blind, placebo-controlled laboratory alcohol challenge study with 6-year follow-up. Participants were examined for subjective responses before and after receiving an intoxicating dose of alcohol (.8 g/kg) or a placebo beverage, given in random order. Follow-up was conducted in 5 waves over 6 years after the sessions to assess drinking behaviors and alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms. Retention was high with 98% (509 of 520) of possible follow-ups completed. RESULTS Greater sensitivity to alcohol, in terms of stimulation and rewarding effects (like, want more) and lower sensitivity to alcohol sedation predicted greater number of AUD symptoms through 6 years of follow-up. Cluster analyses revealed that for half the sample, increasing levels of stimulation and liking were predictors of more AUD symptoms with the other half divided between those showing like and want more and want more alone as significant predictors. CONCLUSIONS The findings extend previous findings and offer new empirical insights into the propensity for excessive drinking and alcohol problems. Heightened alcohol stimulation and reward sensitivity robustly predicted more alcohol use disorder symptoms over time associated with greater binge-drinking frequency. These drinking problems were maintained and progressed as these participants were entering their third decade of life, a developmental interval when continued alcohol misuse becomes more deviant.
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Roche DJO, Palmeri MD, King AC. Acute alcohol response phenotype in heavy social drinkers is robust and reproducible. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013; 38:844-52. [PMID: 24117681 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In 3 previously published works (Brumback et al., 2007, Drug Alcohol Depend 91:10-17; King et al., 2011a, Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:389-399; Roche and King, 2010, Psychopharmacology (Berl) 212:33-44), our group characterized acute alcohol responses in a large group of young, heavy binge drinkers (n = 104) across a variety of subjective, eye-tracking, and psychometric performance measures. METHODS The primary goal of the current study was to directly replicate prior findings of alcohol response in heavy social drinkers (HD) in a second independent cohort (n = 104) using identical methodology. A secondary goal was to examine the effects of family history (FH) of alcohol use disorders (AUD) on acute alcohol response in both samples. Participants attended 2 randomized laboratory sessions in which they consumed 0.8 g/kg alcohol or a taste-masked placebo. At pre- and post-drink time points, participants completed subjective scales, psychomotor performance and eye-movement tasks, and provided salivary samples for cortisol determination. RESULTS Results showed that the second cohort of heavy drinkers exhibited a nearly identical pattern of alcohol responses to the original cohort, including sensitivity to alcohol's stimulating and hedonically rewarding effects during the rising breath alcohol content (BrAC) limb, increases in sedation during the declining BrAC limb, a lack of cortisol response, and psychomotor and eye-tracking impairment that was most evident at peak BrAC. The magnitude and temporal pattern of these acute effects of alcohol in the second cohort were similar to the first cohort across all measures, with the exception of 3 eye-movement measures: pro- and antisaccade accuracy and antisaccade velocity. FH of AUD did not affect alcohol response in the first cohort, and this was replicated in the second cohort. CONCLUSIONS In sum, in 2 independent samples, we have demonstrated that HD display a consistent and reliable sensitivity to alcohol's subjective effects and impairment of eye-tracking and psychomotor performance, which is not affected by FH status. This acute alcohol response phenotype in heavy, frequent binge drinkers appears to be robust and reproducible.
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- Daniel J O Roche
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Gorka SM, Fitzgerald DA, King AC, Phan KL. Alcohol attenuates amygdala-frontal connectivity during processing social signals in heavy social drinkers: a preliminary pharmaco-fMRI study. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2013; 229:141-54. [PMID: 23584670 PMCID: PMC3740023 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3090-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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RATIONALE Convergent evidence shows that alcohol exerts its effects on social behavior via modulation of amygdala reactivity to affective stimuli. Given that affective processing involves dynamic interactions between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), alcohol's effects are likely to extend beyond regional changes in brain activity to changes that manifest on a broader functional circuit level. OBJECTIVE The current study examines alcohol's effects on functional connectivity (i.e., "coupling") between the amygdala and the PFC during the processing of socio-emotional stimuli using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS In a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, within-subjects cross-over design, 12 heavy, social drinkers performed an fMRI task designed to probe amygdala response to socio-emotional stimuli (angry, fearful, and happy faces) following acute ingestion of alcohol or placebo. Functional connectivity between the amygdala and PFC was examined and compared between alcohol and placebo sessions using a conventional generalized psychophysiological interaction (gPPI) analysis. RESULTS Relative to placebo, alcohol reduced functional coupling between the amygdala and the right orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) during processing of both angry and fearful faces. Alcohol also reduced functional coupling between the amygdala and left OFC during processing of happy faces. CONCLUSIONS These preliminary findings suggest that alcohol's effects on social behavior may be mediated by alternations in functional connectivity between the amygdala and OFC during processing of emotional faces.
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- Stephanie M. Gorka
- University of Illinois – Chicago Department of Psychology 1007 West Harrison St. (M/C 285) Chicago, IL 60657
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- University of Illinois-Chicago Department of Psychiatry 1747 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608
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- University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences 5841 S Maryland Avenue (MC-3077) Chicago, IL 60637
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- University of Illinois-Chicago Department of Psychiatry 1747 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608,Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Mental Health Service Line 820 S. Damen Avenue. Chicago, IL 60612
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Zhuang X, King A, McNamara P, Pokorny J, Cao D. Differential effects of alcohol on contrast processing mediated by the magnocellular and parvocellular pathways. J Vis 2012; 12:12.11.16. [PMID: 23090614 DOI: 10.1167/12.11.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This study investigated how acute alcohol intake affects contrast processing mediated by inferred magnocellular (MC) and parvocellular (PC) pathways. Achromatic contrast discrimination thresholds were measured in 16 young healthy participants using a steady-pedestal, pulsed-pedestal or pedestal-Δ-pedestal paradigm designed to favor the inferred MC or the PC pathway. Each participant completed two randomized sessions that included consumption of either 0.8 g/kg alcohol or a placebo beverage, with each session consisting of contrast discrimination measurements at baseline and at 60 min following beverage consumption. The results showed that, compared to placebo, alcohol significantly reduced MC contrast sensitivity and PC contrast gain but had no effect on PC contrast sensitivity for the majority of the participants; and did not alter MC contrast gain consistently across participants. The decrease in contrast gain in the PC pathway can be interpreted as a degradation of the postretinal signal-to-noise ratio, whereas the decrease of sensitivity in the MC pathway likely results from a change of cortical processing.
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- Xiaohua Zhuang
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Rueger SY, King AC. Validation of the brief Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale (B-BAES). Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012; 37:470-6. [PMID: 23078583 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale (BAES) is a reliable and valid 14-item measure of alcohol's acute stimulant and sedative effects, but its length may preclude use in research paradigms with time constraints on assessment. Here, we report further psychometric support for the 6-item Brief BAES (B-BAES) originally developed by our group in 2009. METHODS Two studies are included: the first study tested the B-BAES in an independent sample of young adult heavy social drinkers administered 0.8 g/kg alcohol in a laboratory challenge study (N = 104) to confirm the reliability and validity of the 6-item B-BAES. The second study compared the predictive validity of the B-BAES versus the BAES in a separate sample of 104 heavy drinkers who took part in a prospective laboratory alcohol challenge and follow-up study of drinking behaviors. RESULTS An item analysis demonstrated strong support across several intervals on the breath alcohol curve for the same 6 B-BAES items (energized, excited, up, sedated, slow thoughts, sluggish). Confirmatory factor analysis with the B-BAES demonstrated strong support for the same underlying structure as with the full BAES, and tests of internal consistency reliability were very strong to excellent. B-BAES subscale scores correlated highly with corresponding scores of the BAES and predicted binge-drinking frequency during a 2-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS These results provide strong psychometric support to confirm use of the B-BAES in studies assessing alcohol's stimulant and sedative properties. The B-BAES may be a useful new tool to enhance the scope of future research assessing alcohol's biphasic effects, particularly in paradigms when time and concise measurement are priorities.
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- Sandra Y Rueger
- Department of Psychology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA
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