Recent advances in the study of alcoholism have thrown light on the involvement of various
neurotransmitters in the phenomenon of alcohol addiction. Various neurotransmitters have …

309 Molecular role of dopamine in anhedonia linked to reward deficiency syndrome (RDS) and
anti- reward systems Mark S. Gold8, K Page 1 309 Molecular role of dopamine in anhedonia …

Understanding how specific genes contribute to risk for addiction remains challenging. This
study tests whether childhood temperament and externalizing behavior in early adolescence …

Genetic and environmental interactive influences on predisposition to develop alcohol use
disorder (AUD) account for the high heterogeneity among AUD patients and make research …

Background: The search for an accurate, gene-based test to identify heritable risk factors for
Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) was conducted based on hundreds of published …

Having entered the genomics era with confidence in the future of medicine, including
psychiatry, identifying the role of DNA and polymorphic associations with brain reward …

The public health burden of alcohol is unevenly distributed across the life course, with levels
of use, abuse, and dependence increasing across adolescence and peaking in early …

The serotonin transporter is a key regulator of the bioavailability of serotonin and therefore
any modulation in the expression or action of the transporter would be expected to have …

Road traffic accidents are a serious public health issue, and real-life traffic offences are an
excellent indicator of the behavioural tendencies of impulsivity and risk-taking. We have …

This chapter presents an integrative research-derived model to explain comorbidity among
substance use disorders (SUDs), externalizing disorders, and internalizing disorders. This …