美国匹兹堡大学医学院的一个研究小组发现 ,有酗酒家族史的人会影响后代的大脑 ,使他们在没有接触酒精之前就有嗜酒的倾向。这个小组对三十四名有酗酒家族史背景的少年进行了大脑磁共振成像检查 ,发现他们大脑内的扁桃核体积比无酗酒家族史者要小 ,右脑扁桃核小得更加明显。他 A research team at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School found that people with a family history of alcohol abuse can affect their offspring’s brains so they have a tendency to drink alcohol without alcohol. The group conducted brain magnetic resonance imaging examinations on 34 adolescents with a family history of heavy drinking and found that the volume of amygdala in their brains was smaller than that of non-alcoholic family members and that the amygdala of the right brain was much smaller. he