Morphometric Biomarkers of Adolescents with Familial Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder.

CONCLUSION: FH+ risk for AUD is detectable via neuromorphometric characteristics, which precede alcohol use onset and the potential onset of a later AUD, that are associated with emotional and cognitive measures. It is plausible that the development of limbic regions might be altered in FH+ youth, even prior to the onset of alcohol use, which could increase later risk. Thus, targeted preventative measures are warranted that serve to delay the onset of alcohol use in youth, particularly in those who are FH+ for an AUD. PMID: 31529792 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - September 16, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Maksimovskiy AL, Oot EN, Seraikas AM, Rieselbach M, Caine C, Sneider JT, Cohen-Gilbert JE, Harris SK, Nickerson LD, Rohan ML, Silveri MM Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research