The same neuronal growth factors responsible for the development of nerve cells and keeping them alive also play a role in the regulation of the behavioral effects of alcohol, according to Research Society on Alcoholism scientists.

A symposium at the June 2005 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Santa Barbara, California looked at three of these growth factors – insulin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). Read more.

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