Effect of Alcohol on Encoding and Consolidation of Memory for Alcohol-Related Images.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug and alcohol abusers develop strong memories for drug-related stimuli. Preclinical studies suggest that such memories are a result of drug actions on reward pathways, which facilitate learning about drug-related stimuli. However, few controlled studies have investigated how drugs affect memory for drug-related stimuli in humans.

Methods

The current study examined the direct effect of alcohol on memory for images of alcohol-related or neutral beverages. Participants received alcohol (0.8 g/kg) either before viewing visual images (encoding condition; n = 20) or immediately after viewing them (consolidation condition; n = 20). A third group received placebo both before and after viewing the images (control condition; n = 19). Memory retrieval was tested exactly 4

SUBMITTER: Weafer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4930409 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature