Article
Genetic and other contributions to alcohol intake in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Mar 2006
Lorenz Joseph G, Long Jeffrey C, Linnoila Markku, Goldman David, Suomi Stephen J, Higley J Dee
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The etiology of alcoholism and alcohol abuse, like many other complex diseases, is heterogeneous and multifactorial. Numerous studies demonstrate a genetic contribution to variation in the expression of alcohol-related disorders in humans. Over the past decade, nonhuman primates have emerged as a valuable model for some aspects of human alcohol abuse because of their phylogenetic proximity to humans....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.