Studies examining the association between laboratory-based assessments of risk-taking propensity and alcohol use have produced mixed results. Heterogeneity in the existin [...]

Binge alcohol drinking is a risk factor for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and though AUD diagnoses are more prevalent in men than women, the gap has recently narrowed. Drin [...]

OHSU School of Dentistry students learn evidence-based dentistry as early as the fall term in their first year. The course, Clinical Scientific Inquiry, or CDEN 701, p [...]

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects millions of people each year and is heavily influenced by social networks. On the other hand, social networks are dramatically influenc [...]

The GABRA2 gene encodes a subunit of a GABAA receptor found in the mesolimbic reward circuitry, and modulation of GABAA receptors by alcohol is hypothesized to contribute [...]

The goal of this dissertation was to understand if sex-specific responses to NAcC chemogenetic manipulations indicate differences in reward, or NAcC input and brain regio [...]