Brenda Penninx receives a ZonMW grant for research in alcohol use disorder (AUD)

Date: December 04, 2007

"Identification of people at risk for alcohol abuse allows for early intervention". Over ninety percent of people suffering from alcohol use disorder (AUD) do not receive appropriate treatment. For Brenda Penninx one of the reasons to initiate a large, prospective project into alcohol use disorder. Less than could be expected is known about prevalence and course of the disease, also the neurophysiological basis of alcohol addiction remains unclear. With a ZonMW grant - 700,000 euro's in five years - Penninx hopes to find answers to the many questions circling alcohol dependence. She will combine epidemiological cohort analyses with large-scale genetic analyses and selective fMRI measurements. Read the whole article.

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