Genetic and Environmental Influences on Alcohol Drinking Behavior
 


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Air date: Monday, November 03, 2003, 12:00:00 PM
Category: Neuroscience
Runtime: 65 minutes
NLM Title: Genetic and environmental influences on alcohol drinking behavior [electronic resource] / Ting-Kai Li.
Author: Li, Ting-Kai.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Publisher: [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2003]
Abstract: (CIT): Throughout his career, Dr. Li has been at the center of advances that have transformed both the way alcoholism is understood and the means of investigating alcohol's effects on the body and the brain. A major focus of Dr. Li's research has been to characterize the structure and dynamics of the multiple genetic variants of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), the enzyme that catalyzes the first step in the metabolism of ethanol. Dr. Li was honored with a MERIT award for research on the molecular basis of differences among individuals in the physiology of these enzymes. Dr. Li also pioneered the development of animal models in which marked differences in the level of voluntary alcohol consumption could be observed, paralleling the same inborn variation seen in human behavior. The development of these animal lines helped cement the once radical notion that alcohol consumption behavior was genetically influenced. NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series.
Subjects: Alcohol Deterrents--pharmacology
Alcohol Drinking--genetics
Alcoholism--etiology
Alcoholism--genetics
Ethanol--metabolism
Ethanol--pharmacology
Social Environment
Publication Types: Government Publications
Lectures
Rights: This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely.
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NLM Classification: WM 274
NLM ID: 101267896
CIT File ID: 10909
CIT Live ID: 2549
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