DNA

Chia-Hung Huang1,2,3, Cho-Hsien Hsu2, Bo-Yuan Tseng2

  • 1Forensic Biology Division, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Justice, New Taipei, Taiwan.

まとめ

この研究では,アルコールはミトコンドリアDNAメチル化に 核アキュンベンスや前頭前皮質のような脳の領域に 影響を及ぼすことが明らかになりました この発見は,アルコールに関する新しい洞察をもたらします

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