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Alcohol ADME in Primates Studied with Positron Emission Tomography

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Background and Purpose
The sensitivity to the intoxicating effects of alcohol as well as its adverse medical consequences differ markedly among individuals, which reflects in part differences in alcohol's absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination (ADME) properties. The ADME of alcohol in the body and its relationship with alcohol's brain bioavailability, however, is not well understood.

This article was published online in PLoS one and is free to access.