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Alcoholism research: A virus could manipulate neurons to reduce the desire to drink

  • Written by Yifeng Cheng, Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Texas A&M University
imageHeavy drinking can cause brain changes that make you want to drink more. Alcohol shots image via www.shutterstock.com.

About 17 million adults and more than 850,000 adolescents had some problems with alcohol in the United States in 2012. Long-term alcohol misuse could harm your liver, stomach, cardiovascular system and bones, as well as your brain....

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