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Epigenetic basis of the dark side of alcohol addiction.
Neuropharmacology - 1 Aug 2017
Pandey Subhash C, Kyzar Evan J, Zhang Huaibo
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Alcoholism is a complex brain disease characterized by three distinct stages of the addiction cycle that manifest as neuroadaptive changes in the brain. One such stage of the addiction cycle is alcohol withdrawal and the negative affective states that promote drinking and maintain addiction. Repeated alcohol use, genetic predisposition to alcoholism and anxiety, and alcohol exposure during crucial developmental...
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