Healthy individuals with a family history of alcohol use disorder (AUD) release more dopamine in the brain’s primary reward center in the expectation of alcohol than those who are actually diagnosed with the disorder, or healthy people without any family history of AUD, according to a new study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
“This exaggerated reward center stimulation by expectation of alcohol may put the [individuals with family...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/05/25/healthy-people-from-alcoholic-families-release-more-dopamine-in-expectation-of-alcohol/135658.html
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