Chronic Ethanol Drinking Alters Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Nucleus Accumbens Astrocyte Translatome and Extracellular Matrix Glycosaminoglycans
Joel G. Hashimoto, Angela Renee Ozburn, Cheryl L. Reed, Jason Erk, Yuefan Song, Jiyuan Yang, Ke Xia, Fuming Zhang, Yun Yu, Suzanne S. Fei, Lina Gao, Robert J. Linhardt, Tamara J. Phillips, Marina Guizzetti
This study identifies sex- and region-specific astrocyte molecular changes in response to chronic ethanol, highlighting extracellular matrix and glycosaminoglycan remodeling as key factors in ethanol-related neuroplasticity.
Neuropharmacology · Feb 18, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience