Behavioral, Circuit, Cell, and Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol

In this 7th meeting of Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference, the program will include presentations across early stage and established alcohol researchers studying molecular, cellular, circuit, and behavioral mechanisms controlling alcohol-related effects. The focus will be on such effects underlying acute and excessive alcohol drinking, tolerance, as well as executive function and affective domains surrounding alcohol-related behaviors. The participants will emphasize cutting-edge and unpublished basic science findings across multiple models and systems for the study of alcohol. The Chairs will provide a forum that explores neural mechanisms of alcohol actions in the brain and will highlight emerging scholars in the alcohol neuroscience field. In addition, the program is designed to foster a discussion environment that aims to integrate and debate presented data with prior findings in alcohol and neuroscience fields. The program will include a Power Hour session where issues related to career development will be discussed as well as poster sessions to foster scientific discussions and promote new collaborations across laboratories. The Chairs will add presentations to the program from early stage investigators on “hot topics” in the alcohol field.