Adolescents are at a pivotal stage in their lives, where their peer groups significantly influence their choices and habits. These choices can have lasting effects, both [...]

Delay discounting, or the preference for smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards, has been associated with numerous psychological disorders, including sub [...]

Adolescence is a period of neurodevelopment, which renders the brain vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol. Preclinical and human studies suggest that frontal [...]

The experiments contained within this dissertation explore the behavioral, endocrine, and molecular factors involved in the relationship between thyroid hormone signaling [...]

Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) encompass both alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. The DSM-V classifies AUDs as mild, moderate, or severe depending on the number of diag [...]

Binge drinking is associated with the genetic risk of developing alcohol use disorder (AUD) and is considered a strong predictor of AUD diagnosis. Excessive alcohol drin [...]

Alcoholism involves cycles of excessive ethanol intake, abstinence, and relapse, with stress playing a key role in drinking behavior. This dissertation investigates how t [...]

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic disease characterized in part by excessive intake of ethanol (EtOH) and repeated relapsing events. Research on the neurobiologica [...]