Short Communications 21
Addiction Disorders 3 - Preclinical

[SC21-1] Ghrelin signalling mediates sex differences in midbrain control of binge drinking

*Leigh C Walker¹, Amy Pearl¹, Paulo Pinares-Garcia¹, Arnav Shesham^1,3, Xavier Maddern^1,2, Roberta G Anversa^1,2, Felicia Reed³, William J Giardino^4,5, Andrew J Lawrence^1,2 (1. Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, 2. Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, VIC 3052 Australia, 3. Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 4. Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305-5453, USA, 5. Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305-5453, USA)

Keywords:alcohol use disorder, ghrelin, GHSR, Edinger-Westphal nucleus, sex differences