Brookhaven Lab finds alcoholism-genetics link
Photo credit: Bloomberg News | (Dec. 2007)
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have provided the first experimental evidence demonstrating how chronic alcoholism is influenced by a pre-existing genetic makeup that drives the urge to drink.
The research, conducted in specially bred mice by neuroscientist Dr. Peter Thanos and colleagues, found that brains lacking a particular receptor were more likely to become vulnerable to...
Experiments at Brookhaven and Cold Spring Harbor labs