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Prenatal androgen receptor activation determines adult alcohol and water drinking in a sex‐specific way
4 Aug 2017
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol use disorders are major psychiatric disorders. Correlational studies in humans suggested organizational hormonal effects during embryonic development as a risk factor for adult alcohol dependence. Permanent changes can be induced by the activity of sex hormones, like testosterone. Here, we demonstrate a relationship between prenatal androgen receptor (AR)-activation and adult alcohol as well as water...
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