Sensitivity to alcohol odors may indicate a genetic predisposition to alcohol dependence

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 10:35 in Biology & Nature

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 gene) and alcohol...

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