Impulse control area in brain affected in teens with genetic vulnerability for alcoholism

Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 13:49 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study suggests that genetic factors influence size variations in a certain region of the brain, which could in turn be partly responsible for increased susceptibility to alcohol dependence.

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