Journal Title：Alcohol

Alcohol is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is devoted to publishing multi-disciplinary biomedical research on all aspects of the actions or effects of alcohol on the nervous system or on other organ systems. Emphasis is given to studies into the causes and consequences of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and biomedical aspects of diagnosis, etiology, treatment or prevention of alcohol-related health effects.

Intended for both research scientists and practicing clinicians, the journal publishes original research on the neurobiological, neurobehavioral, and pathophysiological processes associated with alcohol drinking, alcohol abuse, alcohol-seeking behavior, tolerance, dependence, withdrawal, protracted abstinence, and relapse. In addition, the journal reports studies on the effects alcohol on brain mechanisms of neuroplasticity over the life span, biological factors associated with adolescent alcohol abuse, pharmacotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of alcoholism, biological and biochemical markers of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, pathological effects of uncontrolled drinking, biomedical and molecular factors in the effects on liver, immune system, and other organ systems, and biomedical aspects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder including mechanisms of damage, diagnosis and early detection, treatment, and prevention. Articles are published from all levels of biomedical inquiry, including the following: molecular and cellular studies of alcohol's actions in vitro and in vivo; animal model studies of genetic, pharmacological, behavioral, developmental or pathophysiological aspects of alcohol; human studies of genetic, behavioral, cognitive, neuroimaging, or pathological aspects of alcohol drinking; clinical studies of diagnosis (including dual diagnosis), treatment, prevention, and epidemiology. The journal will publish 9 issues per year; the accepted abbreviation for Alcohol for bibliographic citation is Alcohol.

Alcohol 是一本经过同行评审的国际期刊，致力于发表关于酒精对神经系统或其他器官系统的作用或影响的各个方面的多学科生物医学研究。重点研究酒精滥用和酗酒的原因和后果，以及酒精相关健康影响的诊断、病因、治疗或预防的生物医学方面。

该期刊面向研究科学家和执业临床医生，发表与饮酒、酒精滥用、寻求酒精的行为、耐受、依赖、戒断、长期禁欲和复发相关的神经生物学、神经行为和病理生理过程的原创研究.此外，该杂志还报道了酒精对大脑神经可塑性机制的影响、与青少年酒精滥用相关的生物学因素、治疗酒精中毒的药物治疗策略、酒精滥用和酒精中毒的生物和生化标志物、酒精中毒的病理影响等方面的研究。不受控制的饮酒、对肝脏、免疫系统和其他器官系统影响的生物医学和分子因素，以及胎儿酒精谱系障碍的生物医学方面，包括损害机制、诊断和早期发现、治疗和预防。文章发表于生物医学研究的各个层面，包括：酒精在体外和体内作用的分子和细胞研究；酒精的遗传、药理学、行为、发育或病理生理方面的动物模型研究；对饮酒的遗传、行为、认知、神经影像学或病理学方面的人类研究；诊断（包括双重诊断）、治疗、预防和流行病学的临床研究。该杂志每年将出版9期；参考书目中公认的酒精缩写是酒精。