Brain shows changes in regions associated with anxiety after quitting alcohol

Group?×?anxiety and group?×?sex interactions in BNST functional connectivity during unpredictable versus predictable neutral cues. Credit: Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research (2024). DOI: 10.1111/acer.15407 Certain regions of the brain show changes during the early stages after quitting drinking that may contribute to increased anxiety and relapse rates in people attempting recovery from alcohol use disorder, according to a study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. The study further found that an individual’s sex and severity of their anxiety play a significant role in the brain’s response during early abstinence from alcohol use, with the brains of men and women responding Read More