@misc{10481/92128, year = {2024}, month = {3}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/92128}, abstract = {Adolescent binge alcohol drinking is a serious health concern contributing to adult alcohol abuse often associated with anxiety disorders. We have used adolescent intermittent ethanol (AIE) administration as a model of binge drinking in rats in order to explore its long-term effect on the basolateral amygdala (BLA) responsiveness to alcohol and anxiety-like behavior. AIE increased the number of BLA c-Fos positive cells in adult Wistar rats and anxiety-like behavior assessed by the open field test (OFT). Additionally, in adult female rats receiving AIE BLA over expression of miR-182 was found. Therefore, our results indicate that alcohol consumption during adolescence can lead to enduring changes in anxiety-like behavior and BLA susceptibility to alcohol that may be mediated by sex-dependent epigenetic changes. These results contribute to understanding the mechanisms involved in the development of alcohol use disorders (AUD) and anxiety-related disorders.}, organization = {Project PID2020-114269GBI00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (MICIU, Spain)}, organization = {Project BSEJ.514.UGR20 (FEDER, Junta de Andalucía, Spain)}, organization = {Predoctoral fellowship FPU18/05012 to AV-Á (MIU, Spain)}, organization = {Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada/CBUA.}, publisher = {Elsevier}, keywords = {Alcohol}, keywords = {Anxiety-like behavior}, keywords = {Basolateral amygdala}, title = {Adolescent alcohol exposure modifies adult anxiety-like behavior and amygdala sensitivity to alcohol in rats: Increased c-Fos activity and sex-dependent microRNA-182 expression}, doi = {10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173741}, author = {Vázquez de Ágredos Martín Gil, Ana and Valero, Marta and Aparicio-Mescua, Teresa and García-Rodríguez, Raquel and Gámiz Ruiz, Fernando and Gallo Torre, Milagros}, }