Another interest of our laboratory is investigating the association between sleep, circadian rhythms, and alcohol. Here are some preliminary papers that describe some of our results from this study funded by NIAAA.

Van Reen, E., Jenni, O.G., and Carskadon, M.A. Effects of Alcohol on Sleep and the Sleep Electroencephalogram in Healthy Young Women. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30(6): 974-981, 2006.

Rupp, T.R., Acebo, C., and Carskadon, M.A. Evening Alcohol Supresses Salivary Melatonin in Young Adults. Chronobiology International 24(3): 463-470, 2007.

Rupp, T.L., Acebo, C., Seifer, R., and Carskadon, M.A. Effects of a Moderate Evening Alcohol Dose. II: Performance. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 31(8): 1365-1371, 2007.