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OPRM1 genotype interacts with serotonin system dysfunction to predict alcohol-heightened aggression in primates.
Addiction biology - 1 Nov 2017
Driscoll Carlos A, Lindell Stephen G, Schwandt Melanie L, Suomi Stephen J, Higley J Dee, Heilig Markus, Barr Christina S
Abstract excerpt
Although the notion that alcohol promotes violence is widespread, not all individuals are aggressive while intoxicated. Genetic variation could be a contributing factor to individual differences in alcohol-heightened aggression. The present study examines the effects of OPRM1C77G genotype on responses to threat in rhesus macaques under normal conditions and following alcohol administration. Prior studies have...
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