Ethanol-Induced Hypothermia and Clearance Curve Across the Ages
Date
2018-04Author
Matthews, Douglas
Kastner, Abigail
Schneider, Amelia
Benes, Ashley
Scaletty, Samantha
James, Kimberly
Watson, Meredith
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By the year 2030, 20% of the US population will be over the age of 65 providing a potential strain to the health care
system (U.S. Census Bureau). A large segment of older individuals consume alcohol at dangerous levels with up
to 3% meeting the diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder. Interestingly, 33% of the elderly with an alcohol
use disorder did not begin risky drinking until later in life, often following a major life change. These individuals
have been termed Type 1 alcoholics. Little is known about the consequences of chronic alcohol use in later life due to
few animal studies investigating alcohol in aged rats. Previous research has shown that adolescent and adult rats
have significantly different patterns of ethanol-induced hypothermia that varied by dose (Ristuccia & Spear,
2008). The current experiment investigates the effect of chronic intermittent ethanol on hypothermia and aging by
assessing adolescent, adult, and aged rats following ethanol injection.
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Hypothermia
Alcoholism
Seniors
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