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The complexity of alcohol drinking: studies in rodent genetic models.
Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 2010
Crabbe John C, Phillips Tamara J, Belknap John K
Abstract excerpt
Risk for alcohol dependence in humans has substantial genetic contributions. Successful rodent models generally attempt to address only selected features of the human diagnosis. Most such models target the phenotype of oral administration of alcohol solutions, usually consumption of or preference for an alcohol solution versus water. Data from rats and mice for more than 50 years have shown genetic influences on...
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