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COVID-19 and the drug situation in Lithuania

Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2022
The application of restrictive public health measures because of COVID-19 has affected all areas of life, including drug use, drug market, and the response of law enforcement and health, education, and social care institutions to the drug phenomenon.
Evelina Pridotkienė , Rūta Gedminienė , Rasa Povilanskienė , Brigita Rašimaitė , Viktorija Stifanovičiūtė   +4 more
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Alcohol use and misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: a potential public health crisis?

Lancet Public Health, 2020
In an attempt to control the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, governments across the world have implemented distancing measures during the search for medical countermeasures, resulting in millions of people being isolated for long periods ...
James M. Clay, Matthew O. Parker
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4191 The Role of Suggestibility and Trait Anxiety in Young Adult Alcohol Use

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2020
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The purpose of this study was to investigate how suggestibility and social susceptibility relate to alcohol use in young adult non-dependent alcohol users, and the role of trait anxiety in this relationship. We hypothesized that greater
Alexandra Cowand, Melanie Schwandt, Alyssa Schneider, Jodi M. Gilman, Nancy Diazgranados, Vijay A. Ramchandani, Bethany L. Stangl   +6 more
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Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: Implications for monitoring and policy

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2020
Based on a literature search undertaken to determine the impacts of past public health crises, and a systematic review of the effects of past economic crises on alcohol consumption, two main scenarios—with opposite predictions regarding the impact of the
J. Rehm, C. Kilian, C. Ferreira-Borges, D. Jernigan, M. Monteiro, C. Parry, Z. Sanchez, J. Manthey   +7 more
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Acute alcohol administration dampens central extended amygdala reactivity. [PDF]

, 2018
Alcohol use is common, imposes a staggering burden on public health, and often resists treatment. The central extended amygdala (EAc)-including the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) and the central nucleus of the amygdala (Ce)-plays a key role in
Bradford, Daniel E, Curtin, John J, Fox, Andrew S, Hur, Juyoen, Kaplan, Claire M, Shackman, Alexander J, Smith, Jason F   +6 more
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cAMP Signaling in Pathobiology of Alcohol Associated Liver Disease

Biomolecules, 2020
The importance of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in cellular responses to extracellular signals is well established. Many years after discovery, our understanding of the intricacy of cAMP signaling has improved dramatically.
Mohamed Elnagdy, Shirish Barve, Craig McClain, Leila Gobejishvili   +3 more
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Alcohol outlets near schools in a midsize Romanian city : prevalence and characteristics [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: alcohol availability is one of the strongest predictors of adolescent alcohol use, and subsequent harm. Alcohol outlets near schools are an important indicator of three types of availability related to adolescent alcohol use; physical (number),
Dalen, Wim E. van, Hoof, Joris J. van, Reijlink, Lian M.J.   +2 more
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Cholesterol as a modulator of cannabinoid receptor CB2 signaling

Scientific Reports, 2021
Signaling through integral membrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is influenced by lipid composition of cell membranes. By using novel high affinity ligands of human cannabinoid receptor CB2, we demonstrate that cholesterol increases basal ...
Alexei Yeliseev, Malliga R. Iyer, Thomas T. Joseph, Nathan J. Coffey, Resat Cinar, Lioudmila Zoubak, George Kunos, Klaus Gawrisch   +7 more
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Short- and long-term effects of ethanol administration in vivo on rat liver HMG-CoA reductase and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activities

Journal of Lipid Research, 1977
Short- and long-term effects of ethanol on HMG-CoA reductase (EC 1.1.1.34) and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activities in rat liver have been investigated.
M R Lakshmanan, R L Veech
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The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Lancet psychiatry, 2018
Summary Background Alcohol and drug use can have negative consequences on the health, economy, productivity, and social aspects of communities. We aimed to use data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 to ...
Louisa Fiona Alize Damian Holly Ana Harvey Janni Mohsen M Degenhardt Charlson Ferrari Santomauro Erskine Man, L. Degenhardt, F. Charlson, A. Ferrari, D. Santomauro, H. Erskine, Ana Mantilla-Herrara, H. Whiteford, J. Leung, M. Naghavi, Max G Griswold, J. Rehm, W. Hall, B. Sartorius, James G. Scott, S. Vollset, A. Knudsen, J. Haro, G. Patton, J. Kopec, D. Carvalho Malta, R. Topor-Madry, J. Mcgrath, J. Haagsma, P. Allebeck, M. Phillips, J. Salomon, Simon Iain Hay, Kyle Foreman, S. Lim, A. Mokdad, Mari Smith, E. Gakidou, C. Murray, T. Vos   +34 more
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