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Associations between alcohol use and peripheral, genetic, and epigenetic markers of oxytocin in a general sample of young and older adults.
Brain and behavior - 1 Mar 2022
Rung Jillian M, Kidder Quintin A, Horta Marilyn, Nazarloo H P, Carter C Sue, Berry Meredith S, Ebner Natalie C
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INTRODUCTION: Human and nonhuman animal research suggests that greater oxytocin (OT) activity is protective against harmful substance use. Most research on this topic is preclinical, with few studies evaluating the association between substance use and individual differences in the human OT system. The present study sought to fill this gap by evaluating the relationship between alcohol use and multiple biological...
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