| From a biological perspective, taking that first drink at a young age "may induce changes in the highly sensitive adolescent brain, which may also modify an individual's subsequent genetic vulnerability to [alcohol dependence]," Arpana Agrawal, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Heath University School of Medicine and an The findings, published online and in the December print issue of Alcoholism. Basile drinkers also tended to have an increased genetic vulnerability for alcohol.
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Health Tip. Those who had their first drink later in life sho far fewer signs of alcohol dependency, despite the genetic predisposition, Agrawal. Sign Up for MedicineNet Newsletters. Latest Healthy Kids News
Health Tip. Clinical & Experimental Research, are based on a study of 6,257 adult twins. The younger people were when they had their first drink, especially if that occurred before age 15, the more symptoms of alcohol dependency they developed, the study found.
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