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A multinational research team led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health has found that a genetic variant of a brain receptor molecule may contribute to violently impulsive behavior when people who carry it are under the influence of alcohol. A report of the findings, which…

First direct evidence that response to alcohol depends on genes: Dopamine receptor deficiency leads to significant brain changes in response to drinking
ScienceDaily– A study in mice provides the first experimental evidence to directly support the idea that genetic differences…

Sensitivity to alcohol odors may indicate a genetic predisposition to alcohol dependence
ScienceDaily  – Prior research had found an association between DNA sequence variations in a gene that encodes parts of the brain‘s gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)-A receptors (the GABRA2…

Your friend walks into a bar to meet you for happy hour. He sidles up to the bar and orders a drink — does that make you more likely to get a drink yourself? According to new findings reported in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, genetics…