Teenage drinking is a cause of growing concern in industrialized countries, where almost 35% of alcohol drinkers are under 16 years old. Increased anxiety, irritability and depression among adolescents may induce them to seek the anxiolytic and rewarding properties of alcohol. Allopregnanolone is rewarding in rodents, and therefore may contribute to the effects of alcohol.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Avda de Madrid s/n, 18012 Granada, Spain.
