Limited doses of alcohol can cause a rapid increase in testosterone concentrations in the plasma and brains of rodents, new research has found.

The findings, published in the January issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, offer evidence that there may be individual differences in behavioural reactions to alcohol. Most previous research has found that alcohol inhibits the secretion of testosterone in male humans and animals.

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The study may help provide new insights into understanding individual differences in the behavioural and endocrine pathology of alcohol abuse.

The study, led by The Scripps Research Institute, examined the way that two different groups of rats formed testosterone after the acute administration of alcohol. – (HealthScout News)

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