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ARCR Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Alcohol Research: Current Reviews (ARCR), an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health.
ARCR Launches a New Article Type: Perspective
Perspective articles will expand and strengthen the journal's ability to cover emerging, fast moving, and conceptually evolving areas of alcohol science.
50 Years of Alcohol Research: A Timeline of ARCR Milestones
As a part of our celebration for the Alcohol Research: Current Reviews (ARCR) 50th anniversary, ARCR staff created a visual timeline of key milestones from its five decades of history.
Alcohol Research: Current Reviews (ARCR) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health. As of 2020, ARCR has published articles on a continuous, rolling basis, comprising one virtual issue per yearly volume.
Articles published in ARCR are available online with no subscription or pay-per-view...
Flow diagram. Top level: Stress. Responses to stress include maladaptive stress response and adaptive stress response. Maladaptive stress response leads to susceptible phenotype, composed of Brain Activity: HPA axis dysregulation, increased VTA, mPFC, amygdala activity, and increased NAc, cingulate cortex volumes; Genetic Profile: increased expression of FKNP5 and CRH genes, decreased BDNF and IL...
Letter from the Editor in Chief: 50 Years of Insights into Alcohol Research
2024 marked the 50th anniversary of Alcohol Research: Current Reviews (ARCR). We invite you to explore an editorial reflecting on ARCR's history and evolution – Letter from the Editor in Chief: 50 Years of Insights into Alcohol Research. Thank you for your continued support of the journal.
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