A new potential target for the treatment of alcohol-withdrawal induced depression

Maintaining abstinence from alcohol can be exceptionally challenging. A main goal of addiction research has been to find out exactly why it’s tough to give up the drink. In Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, a team of researchers investigating how alcohol withdrawal leads to changes in the brain have now identified a possible new target for the treatment of depression related to alcohol withdrawal—a key predictor of relapse.