Study demonstrates neurological basis for alcohol addiction

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 3, 2015

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Neuron responsible for alcoholism identified

Reference:

  1. J. Wang, Y. Cheng, X. Wang, E. Roltsch Hellard, T. Ma, H. Gil, S. Ben Hamida, D. Ron. Alcohol Elicits Functional and Structural Plasticity Selectively in Dopamine D1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons of the Dorsomedial Striatum. Journal of Neuroscience, 2015; 35 (33): 11634 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0003-15.2015

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