NESC 3237 Lecture Notes - Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Vomiting, Behaviour Therapy
17 Apr 2013
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Recall that consumption is almost exclusively oral: because of this it can be hard to convince rodents to voluntarily drink alcohol. Pin-tailed shrew has had its body adapt in a way that makes it metabolize alcohol very quickly because it eats a diet consisting mainly of fermented fruit. Hard to model in animals because they don"t usually consume in the same pattern as humans. Cultures can affect drinking tendencies: more northern cultures have drinking habits that reflect that of binge drinking. Seems to be a very socially determined behaviour, especially in young people. Men tend to drink more than women. Age is a factor too, more socially accepted in younger people to binge drink. Relationship between the price of alcohol and death rate from liver cirrhosis. Need a definition other than just the behaviour (drinks a lot, so is an alcoholic) Definition needs to include: loss of control of your consumption, a physical dependence.
