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IMAGE: The Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex - Dorsal Periaqueductal Gray top-down regulations are linked to impulsive and compulsive drinking. view more
Credit: University of Warwick
A pathway in the brain where alcohol addiction first develops has been identified by a team of British and Chinese researchers in a new study
Could lead to more effective interventions when tackling compulsive and impulsive drinking
More than 3 million deaths every year are related to alcohol use globally, according to the World Health Organisation
The physical origin of alcohol addiction has been located in a network of the human brain that regulates our response to danger, according to a team of British and Chinese researchers, co-led by the University of Warwick, the University of Cambridge, and Fudan University in Shanghai.