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Ethanol-induced change in cardiac and endogenous opiate function and risk for alcoholism.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 1996
Peterson J B, Pihl R O, Gianoulakis C, Conrod P, Finn P R, Stewart S H, LeMarquand D G, Bruce K R
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Susceptibility to alcoholism varies with age, gender, and familial background. Youthful nonalcoholic males with multigenerational family histories of male alcoholism seem at particular risk. Previous investigations suggest that such males are characterized by abnormal psychophysiological response, while sober and alcohol-intoxicated; additional recent studies indicate that the endogenous opiate systems are...
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