Effects of the Circadian Rhythm Gene Period 1 (Per1) on Psychosocial Stress-Induced Alcohol Drinking

Li, Dong; Bilbao, Ainhoa; Laucht, Manfred; Henriksson, Richard; Yakovleva, Tatjana; Ridinger, Monika; Desrivières, Sylvane; Clarke, Toni‐Kim; Lourdusamy, Anbarasu; N. Smolka, Michael; Cichon, Sven; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Treutlein, Jens; Perreau‐Lenz, Stéphanie; H. Witt, Stephanie; Leonardi‐Essmann, Fernando; Wodarz, Norbert; Zill, Peter; Soyka, Michael; Albrecht, Urs; Rietschel, Marcella; Lathrop, Mark; Bakalkin, Georgy; Spanagel, Rainer; Schumann, Günter

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10111579

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Effects of the Circadian Rhythm Gene Period 1 (Per1) on Psychosocial Stress-Induced Alcohol Drinking

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry • Aug 10, 2011

Authors:

Dong Li

Ainhoa Bilbao

Manfred Laucht

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Circadian and stress-response systems mediate environmental changes that affect alcohol drinking. Psychosocial stress is an environmental risk factor for alcohol abuse. Circadian rhythm gene period 1 (Per1) is targeted by stress hormones and is transcriptionally activated in corticotropin...

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PER1

Circadian rhythm

Period (music)

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