María Julia García-Fuster’s research while affiliated with University of the Balearic Islands and other places

... The next study evaluated the impact of the adolescent treatment on ethanol consumption later on in adulthood. Although no changes were observed when measuring affective-like responses, when exposing rats to a voluntary access to ethanol in adulthood [20% ethanol for three consecutive days per week, during 6 weeks; characterized in Colom-Rocha et al. (2023)], some differences in consumption emerged depending on the drug they previously received in adolescence. In particular, and in line with prior data (Strong et al., 2010;Sherrill et al., 2011) [reviewed by Spear (2016); Spear (2018); Lees et al. (2020)], adolescent ethanol exposure was a clear risk-factor for later developing an increased voluntary ethanol consumption in adulthood, both in male and female rats. ...

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Cannabidiol or ketamine for preventing the impact of adolescent early drug initiation on voluntary ethanol consumption in adulthood