New paper links cortisol, salient memory, and drinking

We often wish our memories were stronger, but that is not always a good thing. Now out in Journal of Neuroscience, we show that giving cortisol at encoding can boost neural salience processing for experiences alcohol, which does help memory, but can also drive later drinking. Congratulations to co-authors Bailey Harris and Rajita Sinha! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39147591/