Neurotensin and Alcohol Use Disorders: Towards a Pharmacological Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Harmful alcohol use is responsible for a group of disorders collectively named alcohol use disorders (AUDs), according to the DSM-5 classification. The damage induced by alcohol depends on the amount, time, and consumption patterns (continuous and heavy episodic drinking). It affects individual global well-being and social and familial environments with variable impact. Alcohol addiction manifests with different degrees of organ and mental health detriment for the individual, exhibiting two main traits: compulsive drinking and negative emotional states occurring at withdrawal, frequently causing relapse episodes. Numerous individual and living conditions, including the concomitant use of other psychoactive substances, lie in the complexity of AUD. Ethanol and its metabolites directly impac

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez FD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10218060 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature