Inside the brain of an alcoholic

• Autores: Emma Young
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2537, 2006, pág. 18
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A team in Australia has found that alcohol dampens down the expression of hundreds of genes in the amygdala, which might account for why alcoholics suffer dysfunctional symptoms such as disrupted sleep and depression. It may also help explain why recovering alcoholics are prone to relapse.