Walter A. Hunt
National Institutes of Health
35 Papers
585 Citations
Walter A. Hunt is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Taste aversion & Dopaminergic. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 35 publications. Previous affiliations of Walter A. Hunt include Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.
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Papers
Craving research: future directions.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors have concluded that craving does not reliably predict relapse and that the concept is of little or no clinical utility, and that more recent models do not require that craving be present for relapse to occur.
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Role of acetaldehyde in the actions of ethanol on the brain--a review.
TL;DR: Future research needs to directly demonstrate in brain the formation of acetaldehyde in vivo, determine the concentrations in brain areas involved in ethanol consumption, and evaluate the possible actions of drugs other than an ability to block acetaldehyde metabolism.
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Are binge drinkers more at risk of developing brain damage
TL;DR: Therapeutic adjuncts for treating ethanol withdrawal, including NMDA, calcium, and glucocorticoid antagonists, may eventually prove useful in preventing further brain damage in alcoholism.
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Research perspectives on alcohol craving: an overview.
TL;DR: This overview of the Addiction supplement is to familiarize readers with the variety of theoretical models relevant to craving and the definitions of craving generated by them that are discussed in the supplement and to emphasize the potential importance of transdisciplinary research--research that integrates components of different theoretical models--for delineating the role of alcohol and drug craving in the complex biobehavioral process known as addiction.
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A role for behavioral sensitization in uncontrolled ethanol intake.
TL;DR: A research opportunity exists to study factors that contribute to an increasing probability of progressively higher ethanol consumption and knowledge of these factors will lead to a better understanding of why some people drink uncontrollably.
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