Binge-heavy alcohol alters cortisol and subjective craving: Impact on compulsive alcohol motivation and intake

In this study, we examined whether alcohol-related neuroendocrine adaptations drive compulsive alcohol motivation and intake in moderate, non-binging (MD) and binge/heavy (BH) non-smoking social drinkers who participated in an experiment that measured the specific effects of stress, alcohol cue, and neutral cue exposure, followed by discrete alcohol cues, on neuroendocrine function, subjective alcohol craving, and behavioral alcohol motivation and intake. The “alcohol taste test” (ATT) was used as an implicit measure of behavioral alcohol motivation and intake.
Source: Alcohol - Category: Addiction Authors: Source Type: research