Link to Binge-drinking and Genetics

By obrie760 on December 4, 2012 10:06 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

(Article found on BBC News online homepage on December 4th 2012)

Scientists believe the gene-RASGRF2-is one of many genes suggested to have a link to drinking problems (PNAS journal reports)

The gene boosts levels of a happy brain chemical triggered by alcohol-dopamine.

SAMPLE/RESEARCH METHOD: Brain scans of 663 teenage for dopamine levels against gene-to find causation or correlation

RESULTS: The boys who showed a version of the gene, had heightened dopamine responses in tests.

(lead researcher Prof Gunter Schumann said ""We found that the RASGRF-2 gene plays a crucial role in controlling how alcohol stimulates the brain to release dopamine, and hence trigger the feeling of reward")
LINK TO ARTICLE:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20583113

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