CAG Research Update

Research Update

Rats selectively bred for their tendency to drink large or small quantities of alcohol are a useful model for investigators examining the possible neurobiological processes underlying alcoholism. Studies with the alcohol-preferring (P) and alcoholnonpreferring (NP) and the high-alcohol-drinking (HAD) and low-alcohol-drinking (LAD) pairs of rat lines developed at Indiana University have illustra...

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Heavy alcohol consumption over long periods of time can result in severe liver damage, including death of liver cells (i.e., hepatocytes). Two mechanisms— apoptosis and necrosis—can contribute to hepatocyte death. In apoptosis, the affected cell actively participates in the cell death process, whereas in necrosis the cell death occurs in response to adverse conditions in the cell’s environment....

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1. GlaxoSmithKline Australia Post Graduate Support Grant 2. NHMRC Announces New Partnership Projects Scheme 3. Grants, Scholarships And Fellowships for Research into Motor Neurone Disease 4. NSW Cancer Research Institute Grants and Fellowships 5. 2008 Australian Development Research Awards/Grants 6. The Australian Academy Of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Crawford Fund Agricultur...

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Rates of drinking and smoking increase among high school students as they age. Therefore, prevention programs that target youth either before or during junior high school may help prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use during high school. Life skills training (LST) is a school-based approach designed to prevent ATOD use among youth by influencing their knowledge and attitudes about...