Publications by authors named "Abraham Ramirez"
Article Synopsis
- Parenting experiences significantly impact neurodevelopment, with single-mother (SM) rearing linked to higher anxiety and alcohol consumption in adolescents compared to biparental (BP) environments.* -
- Research on infant mice revealed that while both SM and BP mice are similarly stimulated by alcohol, SM mice showed greater neural activation in anxiety-related brain regions.* -
- Adolescents from SM backgrounds are particularly responsive to alcohol's anxiety-reducing effects, suggesting that single-mother parenting may lead to heightened anxiety and sensitivity to alcohol.*
Rationale: Social attachment plays an important role in offspring development. Different parenting experiences during lactation may shape offspring behavior and later alcohol use.
Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that differential rearing conditions (single mother, SM or biparental, BP) in the non-monogamous C57BL/6J mice may affect (1) parental behavior during lactation, (2) adolescent behavior, and (3) adolescent initiation of alcohol drinking.
The objective of this study was to assess the potential of phentolamine as a treatment of postmenopausal women with female arousal disorder (FSAD). Vaginal photoplethismography and a subjective questionnaire were used. Forty one women were enrolled and four treatments were tested: vaginal solutions 5 mg and 40 mg and an oral tablet each of 40 mg of phentolamine and placebo.
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