Brain Chemistry Ties Anxiety And Alcoholism
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080304173356.htm
Doctors may one day be able to control alcohol addiction by manipulating the molecular events in the brain that underlie anxiety associated with alcohol withdrawal, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center report in the March 5 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. See also: Health & Medicine Infant's Health Psychology Research Heart Disease Mind & Brain Alcoholism Anxiety Addiction Reference Separation anxiety disorder Addiction Narcotic Drug addiction "The association of anxiety with increased alcohol use is a key factor in the initiation and maintenance of alcohol addition," says Dr. Subhash Pandey, UIC professor of psychiatry and director of neuroscience alcoholism research, the lead author of the study.
Doctors may one day be able to control alcohol addiction by manipulating the molecular events in the brain that underlie anxiety associated with alcohol withdrawal, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center report in the March 5 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. See also: Health & Medicine Infant's Health Psychology Research Heart Disease Mind & Brain Alcoholism Anxiety Addiction Reference Separation anxiety disorder Addiction Narcotic Drug addiction "The association of anxiety with increased alcohol use is a key factor in the initiation and maintenance of alcohol addition," says Dr. Subhash Pandey, UIC professor of psychiatry and director of neuroscience alcoholism research, the lead author of the study.
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