Gender differences in how stress affects intravenous alcohol administration

Gender differences on the association of stress and drinking exist, but few studies have examined this phenomenon using alcohol self-administration (ASA) paradigms in humans. We recently investigated such differences in ASA in the laboratory after 2 distinct stress-inducing experiences. First, we examined operant responding for alcohol after a negative mood-induction priming exercise. Second, we modeled a human analogue of the alcohol deprivation effect. In the mood-induction study 34 (19 women) participants (mean 24.9 years, SD 3.4) completed 2 intravenous ASA sessions: under either negative or neutral mood.

Source: Alcohol - May 1, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: M.H. Plawecki, M.A. Cyders, K. White, J.S. Vanderveen, A. Kosobud, V. Vitvitskiy, N. Grahame, J. Millward, J. Haines, J. Hays, S. Shehkar, J.N. Nurnberger, D. Kareken, D. Crabb, S.J. O'Connor Source Type: research