Citation

Petersen DR. Recent. Dev. Alcohol. 1983; 1: 49-69.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Plenum Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6390560

Abstract

The literature cited in this review clearly demonstrates that many of the behavioral and pharmacological responses to either acute or chronic actions of alcohol are indeed heritable. This conclusion is supported by data derived from several different animal models that have been genetically manipulated to display a wide variety of alcohol-related responses. It is doubtful if any one specific animal model will be developed that will serve as a prototype for human alcoholism. When one considers the amount of knowledge resulting from the pharmacogenetic studies reviewed here, it is more likely that major advances in our understanding of alcohol's complex actions will be derived from several different animal models.

Language: en