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Alcohol and the Nervous System (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Translational Approaches to Understand Alcohol Use

February 10 - 11, 2024

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Grand Galvez

2024 Seawall Boulevard

Galveston, Texas, United States

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Conference Description

The Alcohol and the Nervous System GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.

This meeting is an opportunity for junior researchers to come together and share their innovative and unpublished work with their peers. The meeting aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and foster innovation in the understanding of the mechanisms of action and development of new treatments for alcohol use disorder. By bringing together clinicians and researchers, we hope to accelerate progress in the field and improve the lives of those affected by alcohol use disorders.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Alcohol and the Nervous System" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Stress, Trauma, and Negative Emotional States in Alcohol Use Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm	"Ethanol Utilizes Multimodal Noradrenergic-Dependent and Direct Pathways to Engage a Ventral Periaqueductal Gray Arousal Circuit"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm	Discussion
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	"Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol-Induced Effects on Activity, Anxiety, Memory & Biological Markers: Sex-Specificity and Prevention by Dietary Choline"
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm	Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm	"Impact of Stimulus Intensity and Ethanol Consumption on Real Time Dopamine Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Versus Basolateral Amygdala"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Impairments in Executive Function Associated with Alcohol Consumption Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	"The Circuit Basis of Individuality in Motivated Operant Response for Ethanol"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm	Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm	"Aversion Resistant Ethanol Intake and Seeking: Potential Roles of Activity in the BNST"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm	"Forward Phenotypic Screening of Kappa Opioid Receptor Ligands in a Preclinical Model of Alcohol Use Disorder"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm	"Prefrontal Mechanisms Underlying Individual Differences in Aversion-Resistant Alcohol Drinking"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm	"Cognitive Flexibility Impairment in Alcohol Use Disorder: Striatal Cholinergic Mechanisms"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	"Chronic Ethanol Vapor Exposure in Adult Rats Reduces Behavioral Flexibility in Protracted Withdrawal"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Alcohol Consumption Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:15 am	"The Role of Central Amygdala Astrocytes in Ethanol Dependence"
9:15 am - 9:20 am	Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am	"Cortical Astrocytes Sex-Dependently Regulate Glutamate Synapses to Alter Ethanol Consumption and Anxiety-Like Behaviors"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am	"Coordinated Action of a Gut-Liver Pathway Drives Alcohol Detoxication and Consumption"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am	"Central Amygdala Activity During an Ethanol Self-Administration Task Dynamically Tracks Motivation State"
10:15 am - 10:20 am	Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am	"Prenatal Alcohol and Cannabinoid Exposures Impose Distinct, Sex-Specific Behavioral Phenotypes for Coordination and Alcohol-Seeking in Adult Mouse Offspring"
10:35 am - 10:40 am	Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am	"Cross-Generational Transcriptomic Effects of Chronic Alcohol Exposure and Cancer Risk: A Translational Study"
10:55 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Poster Session Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Mentorship Component: Navigating Mental Health Challenges in Scientific Research Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm	"Becoming a Resilient Scientist"
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes

Contributors

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 1R13AA031419-01 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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