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William D. Starnes

Pennsylvania State University

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Voluntary adolescent alcohol exposure does not robustly increase adulthood consumption of alcohol in multiple mouse and rat models

Avery R. Sicher, Andrea Liss, Valentina Vozella, Paige Marsland, Laurel R. Seemiller, Matthew Springer, William D. Starnes, Keith R. Griffith, Grace C. Smith, Amy Astefanous, Terrence Deak B, Marisa Roberto, Florence P. Varodayan, Nicole A. Crowley

This paper shows that adolescent voluntary alcohol exposure in mice and rats does not reliably increase adult alcohol consumption across multiple models and labs.

Addiction Neuroscience · Aug 3, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Adolescent binge drinking leads to long lasting changes in cortical microcircuits in mice

Avery R. Sicher, William D. Starnes, Keith R. Griffith, Nigel C. Dao, Grace C. Smith, Dakota F. Brockway, Nicole A. Crowley

This study shows that adolescent binge drinking in mice causes lasting changes in cortical microcircuit function, specifically affecting SST neuron excitability and pyramidal neuron activity.

Neuropharmacology · May 1, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Somatostatin Neurons in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Play a Sex-Dependent Role in Binge Drinking

Malini Suresh Nair, Nigel C. Dao, Daniela Lopez Melean, Keith R. Griffith, William D. Starnes, J. Brody Moyer, Avery R. Sicher, Dakota F. Brockway, Kathleen D. Meeks, Nicole A. Crowley

This study investigates the role of somatostatin neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in binge drinking, finding sex-dependent effects in female mice.

bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience