Gene Regulation and Neurotoxicity in Alcohol Related Pathologies
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 2814
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am seeking contributions for a new Special Issue on Gene Regulation and Neurotoxicity in Alcohol-Related Pathologies.
It is well established that alcohol’s impact on individuals is dependent on a range of factors, including dose, frequency, genetic background and environmental conditions; however, there are still many unanswered about its common and person-specific effects and the pathologies it causes.
The objective of this Special Issue is to collect novel works that address the neurotoxicological and genetic factors that affect alcohol-induced pathologies. Neurotoxicological research can span both pre-clinical and clinical work, and genetic work can focus on both the influence of genes on the response to alcohol or the effects of alcohol on gene function. I believe that by bringing together these two topics we can advance our understanding of alcohol-induced pathologies and offer potential strategies for treatment.
Dr. Stefano Casalotti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- alcohol
- ethanol
- gene expression
- neurotoxicity
- epigenetics
- polymorphisms
- neu-rons
- glial cell
- plasticity
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