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Shaping vulnerability to addiction - the contribution of behavior, neural circuits and molecular mechanisms.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Feb 2018
Egervari Gabor, Ciccocioppo Roberto, Jentsch J David, Hurd Yasmin L
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Substance use disorders continue to impose increasing medical, financial and emotional burdens on society in the form of morbidity and overdose, family disintegration, loss of employment and crime, while advances in prevention and treatment options remain limited. Importantly, not all individuals exposed to abused substances effectively develop the disease. Genetic factors play a significant role in determining...
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