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Brain & Aging
In Abstinent Mice, a Deep Brain Region More Than Doubles Its Activity Before Relapse
In mice, a deep brain region more than doubled its activity after they quit drinking, before they touched a drop again. Relapse-like drinking may be a brain adaptation, not a failure of will.
Brain & AgingThe Craving Brake Nobody Mapped: How GLP-1 Drugs Quiet Cravings From the Lateral Septum
The anti-craving effect pushing people to use a diabetes shot off-label against drinking traces to a brain region built to inhibit, not to reward, and the human evidence is still just two small trials deep.
Brain & AgingIn Mice, Early Stress-Drinking Corroded a Brain Region a Long Sobriety Couldn't Repair
In mice, pairing alcohol with stress in early adulthood damaged a tiny noradrenaline hub in the brainstem, and a prolonged stretch of abstinence didn't reverse it. The cognitive cost surfaced in middle age.