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Alcohol Use
Brain chemical plays a critical role in drinking and anxiety
August 28th, 2006
A brain protein that sustains nerve cells also regulates anxiety and alcohol consumption in rats, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago report in a study in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. In previous studies, the UIC researchers had first identified a gene that controls anxiety and alcohol consumption. "We knew that the gene, called CREB, controls the expression of a number of important genes in the brain," said Dr. Subhash Pandey, professor of psychiatry and anatomy and cell biology at UIC and Jesse Brown VA medical center and lead author of the paper. In the new study, they showed that a protein made by one...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2006-08-28)
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