Authors: de Sousa Fernandes Perna EB, Theunissen EL, Kuypers KP, Evers EA, Stiers P, Toennes SW, Witteman J, van Dalen W, Ramaekers JG.

Published in: Addiction Biology, Jan 2016

Abstract extract: Drugs of abuse stimulate striatal dopamine release and activate reward pathways. This study examined the impact of alcohol and cannabis marketing on the reward circuit in alcohol and cannabis users while sober and intoxicated. 

Full title: Cue reactivity and its relation to craving and relapse in alcohol dependence: a combined laboratory and field study

by Jurriaan Witteman, Hans Post, Mika Tarvainen, Avalon de Bruijn, Elizabeth De Sousa Fernandes Perna, Johannes G. Ramaekers, Reinout W. Wiers

The present study investigated the nature of physiological cue reactivity and craving in response to alcohol cues among alcohol-dependent patients (N = 80) who were enrolled in detoxification treatment and concludes hat the presence of alcohol cues such as portrayal of alcoholic beverages and drinking behaviour induces cue reactivity and craving in alcohol dependence through a conditioned appetitive response.

Full title: What happens if people start drinking mouthwash as surrogate alcohol? A quantitative risk assessment.

Paper by Dirk W. Lachenmeier, Yulia B. Monakhova, Mariya Markova, Thomas Kuballa, Jürgen Rehm

Published in Food and Chemical Toxicology

Full title: Comparative risk assessment of carcinogens in alcoholic beverages using the margin of exposure approach.

Paper by Dirk W. Lachenmeier, Maria C. Przybylski and Jürgen Rehm

Published in International Journal of Cancer

Paper by Miller and Harkins

Published in the Bristish Medical Journal