Presenter Information

Laura Bauer, SUNY GeneseoFollow

Submission Type

Poster

Start Date

April 2021

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a significant issue with a lifetime prevalence of 29.1% in the U.S. (Grant et al., 2015), so understanding how it develops is a crucial point of research. This research investigates the role of parenting on the development of AUD in mice. Two strains of mice, one genetically predisposed to drink alcohol (B6) and the other not genetically predisposed (FVB), were cross-fostered. It was hypothesized that pups not predisposed to drink reared with dams predisposed to drink would drink more alcohol. It was also hypothesized that mice predisposed to drink reared with dams not predisposed to drink would drink less alcohol.

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This research was sponsored by Allison Bechard.

These findings are also being presented at the SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC).

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012— Disentangling Nature versus Nurture in a Mouse Model of Alcohol Use

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a significant issue with a lifetime prevalence of 29.1% in the U.S. (Grant et al., 2015), so understanding how it develops is a crucial point of research. This research investigates the role of parenting on the development of AUD in mice. Two strains of mice, one genetically predisposed to drink alcohol (B6) and the other not genetically predisposed (FVB), were cross-fostered. It was hypothesized that pups not predisposed to drink reared with dams predisposed to drink would drink more alcohol. It was also hypothesized that mice predisposed to drink reared with dams not predisposed to drink would drink less alcohol.

 

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