Half a thousand brain cells have been identified as 'culprits' in the development of alcoholism. "It is really difficult to ...

Among the billions of neurons in the brain, fewer than 500 are responsible for suppressing binge drinking, according to new ...

“We examined the utility and efficacy of delivering AAV2 vector into the VTA to induce constitutive expression of GDNF, ablate alcohol use, and prevent post-abstinence resumption of drinking ...

Monkeys share many traits with humans — including our thirst for alcohol. Medical researchers were able to turn eight rhesus macaque monkeys into heavy drinkers by offering them increasing ...

Sex Differences in Striatal Dopamine Release in Young Adults After Oral Alcohol Challenge: A Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Study With [11 C]Raclopride. Biological Psychiatry , 2010; 68 (8 ...

Results will be published in the December 2013 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View. "It has long-been known that animals bred to prefer ...

Is there a link between blue eyes and the risk of alcoholism? — -- There's a new potential clue in the ongoing effort to understand the genetic links to alcoholism: eye color. People with ...

In fact, they found it to work even better than the current most-effective drug for treating alcoholism on the market. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ...