A Sobering Look at Alcohols Effects on the Body

These protein modifications can influence clock protein degradation and turnover, cellular localization, nuclear translocation, protein-protein interaction, and DNA binding activity. For example, ADP ribosylation of CLOCK influences chronic ethanol use the phase or the timing of the clock, and deacetylation of PER2 triggers its own degradation (3, 4). Thus, disruptions in the normal posttranslational modification […]

Alcohol Use Worsens Bipolar Symptoms, Study Finds Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

In the meantime, DSM-5 (11) abolished the distinction between substance use, abuse and dependency by defining threshold numbers of criteria for different grades of severity of substance use. Manifestation of BD in children and adolescents is not as infrequent as previously assumed, with rates of bipolar spectrum disorder reaching an estimated 4%, especially in US […]

How Long Does It Take Marijuana to Leave Your System?

On the extreme high end, one test subject took 77 days to consistently test negative. So this means if you smoke every day for an extended period of time, it could take you a month — or more, since 27 is just the average — to clear THC from your system. So if you only […]