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Chronic Intermittent Ethanol To Establish Dependence, David Matthews, Scott Steffensen
Chronic Intermittent Ethanol To Establish Dependence, David Matthews, Scott Steffensen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Excessive alcohol consumption in the United States is costing hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States alone. Addiction is a corrosive disease whose impact spreads across a broad spectrum including monetary damages, social disruption, health concerns, and life-ending decisions. Trailing a path of 88,000 alcohol-related deaths annually, government studies in 2006 reported that costs of excessive alcohol consumption reached $223.5 billion (Bouchery et al., 2011). In addition to monetary cost of alcohol abuse, the impact of this addiction can be devastating to personal and family life. Furthermore, addiction alters neural circuitry and becomes a self-absorbed behavior that robs …
Meth Causes Expression Of 8-Ohg In The Addiction Pathway And Leads To Increased S-Glutathionylation Of The Vesicular Monoamine Transportor Via The Sigma Receptor, Taylor Hyde, Scott Steffensen
Meth Causes Expression Of 8-Ohg In The Addiction Pathway And Leads To Increased S-Glutathionylation Of The Vesicular Monoamine Transportor Via The Sigma Receptor, Taylor Hyde, Scott Steffensen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Methamphetamine (METH) is a highly addictive drug of abuse and which results in serious financial, societal, and individual consequences in the United States. In 2005, METH abuse costs the country billions dollars each year. Societal and individual costs as a result of METH use are also high. Knowing how METH acts in the brain is a significant step in developing a pharmocotherapeutic treatment for METH addiction.