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Functional NPY variation as a factor in stress resilience and alcohol consumption in rhesus macaques.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Apr 2010
Lindell Stephen G, Schwandt Melanie L, Sun Hui, Sparenborg Jeffrey D, Björk Karl, Kasckow John W, Sommer Wolfgang H, Goldman David, Higley J Dee, Suomi Stephen J, Heilig Markus, Barr Christina S
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CONTEXT: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) counters stress and is involved in neuroadaptations that drive escalated alcohol drinking in rodents. In humans, low NPY expression predicts amygdala response and emotional reactivity. Genetic variation that affects the NPY system could moderate stress resilience and susceptibility to alcohol dependence. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether functional NPY variation influences behavioral...
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