By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsFile -- A study of the effect of alcohol on long-term relationships finds that when a male prairie vole has access to alcohol, but his female partner doesn’t, the relationship suffers - similar to what has been observed in human couples. The study, published in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, also identifies changes in a specific brain region in the male voles. The findings could help researchers find strategies to overcome the negative effects of alcohol on human relationships.
“We know that in humans, heavy drinking is associated with increased separation rates in couples in which one of the partners is a heavy drinker and the other is not, while separation rates don’t seem to increase when both partners drink in a similar manner, or don’t drink at all,” says Andrey Ryabinin, of Oregon Health & …
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(2017-12-04), When male voles drink alcohol, but their partner doesn’t, their relationship suffers, NewsFile, 138, ISSN: 0000-0000, BUTTER® ID: 014802792