University of Texas
Alcohol-induced genetic changes identified in individual human brains
Published in Physician Law Weekly, October 20th, 2004
"Chronic alcohol exposure induces lasting behavioral changes, tolerance, and dependence," scientists in the United States explained. "This results, at least partially, from neural adaptations at a cellular level."
"Previous genome-wide gene expression studies using pooled human brain samples showed that alcohol abuse causes widespread changes in the pattern of gene expression in the frontal and motor cortices of human brain," noted J.W. Liu and colleagues at the University of Texas. However, "[b]ecause these studies used pooled samples, they could...
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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2004-10-20)
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