Neural mechanisms of sexual decision-making in women with alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

The co-occurrence of alcohol consumption and sexual activity is associated with increased risk for sexual assault, sexually transmitted disease, and unplanned pregnancy among young adult women with alcohol use disorder (AUD). There is considerable previous work demonstrating neural reactivity to alcohol cues in AUD. Because alcohol consumption and sexual behavior are both rewarding and tend to co-occur, sexual cues may produce similar neural reactivity in women with AUD, possibly indicating a shared mechanism underlying reactivity to both types of cues. Alternatively, reactivity to alcohol versus sexual cues may be distinct, suggesting domain-specific mechanisms.

Objectives

We investigated whether the decision vulnerabilities in AUD women regarding sexual activity

SUBMITTER: Folco KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8238910 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature