NIAAA Spectrum Spotlight: Sex Differences in Addiction Research

Recent NIH-wide efforts to address sex differences in preclinical research underscore the importance of such issues to scientists who study alcohol addiction.

“In fact, animal models of alcohol addiction reveal significant differences between males and females,” says NIAAA Director George F. Koob, Ph.D., “but we have little data thus far to help us understand the neurobiological mechanisms for those differences.”

Source: NIAAA News - June 27, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news