Guys can we agree it’s alcohol use disorder and not alcohol use disorders. It describes a single disorder…
Ryan Tyler
@ryane-tyler.bsky.social
Addiction Neuroscience | postdoc in CPN lab | alcohol researcher | cat dad
Check out my last publication from @jbesheer.bsky.social lab on effects of traumatic stress to alcohol sensitivity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The persistent effects of exposure to a predator odor stressor on sensitivity to alcohol
Traumatic stress is linked to problematic alcohol use, yet its persistent effects on alcohol sensitivity remain unclear. This study examined the long-…
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Lorenzo Leggio’s lab at NIH is looking for a postdoc! Feel free to reach out to me here or by email for more info. www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-111...
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I feel so vindicated now that we have chatGPT after almost every neuro professor in grad school told us we HAD TO LEARN TO CODE and I absolutely hated it bc no I’m not spending an hour trying to find where a comma was misplaced.
Congrats on an amazing thesis defense Dr. Bluitt!! Loved seeing everyone from @jbesheer.bsky.social lab.
My first post doc data paper!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Circulating Immune and Endocrine Markers in Currently Drinking and Abstinent Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder and Controls
Circulating concentrations of BDNF, GLP-1 and IL-8 were altered only in abstinent individuals with AUD, likely reflecting greater disease burden and comorbidities compared to current drinkers.
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𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 Excellent short piece about causation in the brain by @neurograce.bsky.social In a complex system talking about necessary and sufficient is not productive. www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Claims of necessity, sufficiency don’t work well for studies of complex systems
Early studies on necessary and sufficient neural populations were done on simple invertebrate circuits. Does this logic work for complex outputs?
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Paper rejection, journal club presentation, and an IRB submission is enough excitement for one day.
The 2026 Alcohol and the Nervous System GRC will be held Feb 22-27 at the Four Points Sheraton/Holiday Inn Express in Ventura, California. The GRS will be Feb 21-22. Please share! #AlcoholGRC2026 #AlcoholGRS2026
