FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ESCALATION OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.

ABSTRACT: Understanding factors that contribute to the escalation of alcohol consumption is key to understanding how an individual transitions from non/social drinking to AUD and to providing better treatment. In this review, we discuss how the way ethanol is consumed as well as individual and environmental factors contribute to the escalation of ethanol consumption from intermittent low levels to consistently high levels. Moreover, we discuss how these factors are modelled in animals. It is clear a vast array of complex, interacting factors influence changes in alcohol consumption. Some of these factors act early in the acquisition of ethanol consumption and initial escalation, while others contribute to escalation of ethanol consumption at a later stage and are involved in the development of alcoh

SUBMITTER: Bowen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature