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Right amygdala volume in adolescent and young adult offspring from families at high risk for developing alcoholism.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jun 2001
Hill S Y, De Bellis M D, Keshavan M S, Lowers L, Shen S, Hall J, Pitts T
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BACKGROUND: Neurobiological factors have been implicated in the increased susceptibility for developing alcohol dependence that offspring from alcoholic families exhibit. The P300 component of the event-related potential shows developmental changes during childhood and adolescence that appear to be related to risk status. The underlying structural changes that accompany these neurophysiological changes are not...
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