Alcoholism is exemplified by compulsive uses of alcohol and loss of control of alcohol intake. Negative emotional states such as enhanced anxiety and stress experienced during withdrawal of ethanol are the primary factors that elicit relapse and binge drinking during abstinence periods. Anxiety in human alcoholics persists for up to 9 months (Funk and Koob). The article relates to the general article by the dependence feature of alcohol.
Factors that elicit relapse and binge drinking during periods of abstinence from alcohol (Funk and Koob).
Dependent variables include Male Wister rats. A sporadic ethanol vapor exposure pattern was used to measure them. After a 2 hour of withdrawal from ethanol vapors, ethanol and water self-administration were Continue reading...