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Eric Augier

Associate Professor

Assistant Lecturer at Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN).

Research

Eric Augier's research group at CSAN.

The Augier Lab

Addiction leads to a progressively increased choice of drugs over healthy rewards such as food and social interaction. We investigate the mechanisms and circuits driving individual variability to substance use disorder.

Publications

Publications in DiVA

2026

Anna Maria Borruto, Andrea Coppola, Leon Höglund, Sandra Eriksson Solander, Michele Petrella, Markus Heilig, Eric Augier (2026) Sex-Specific patterns of vulnerability to alcohol addiction-like behaviors in rats Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 16, Article 59 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03825-w

2023

Asmae Lguensat, Andrea Coppola, Eric Augier (2023) Animal Models Used to Study Alcohol Use Disorder Alcohol and Alcohol-related Diseases, p. 665-685 (Chapter in book) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32483-3_35
Gaëlle Augier, Veronika Schwabl, Asmae Lguensat, Mihai Atudorei, Osamudiamen Iyere, Sandra Eriksson Solander, Eric Augier (2023) Wistar rats choose alcohol over social interaction in a discrete-choice model Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 48, p. 1098-1107 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01526-8
Esi Domi, Li Xu, Sanne Toivainen Eloff, Joost Wiskerke, Andrea Coppola, Lovisa Holm, Eric Augier, Michele Petrella, Markus Heilig (2023) Activation of GABA(B) receptors in central amygdala attenuates activity of PKC delta plus neurons and suppresses punishment-resistant alcohol self-administration in rats Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 48, p. 1386-1395 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01543-1

2022

Youna Vandaele, Eric Augier, Caroline Vouillac-Mendoza, Serge H. Ahmed (2022) Cocaine falls into oblivion during volitional initiation of choice trials Addiction Biology, Vol. 27, Article e13235 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adb.13235

News

men drinking beer.

Mechanism behind compulsive alcohol use revealed

A small group of nerve cells in the brain determines whether an individual continues to consume alcohol even when it has negative consequences. The scientists have identified a mechanism that may be a suitable target for treatment by medication.
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Mechanism behind alcohol addiction found

Changes in a brain signalling system contribute to the development of alcohol addiction-like behaviour in rats, according to a new study led by researchers at LiU. The findings are published in Science and indicate a similar mechanism in humans.

Organisation

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Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.