The sample comprised sixty individuals that included thirty abstinent male participants with AUD (DSM-IV criteria) [Mage(SD)=41.42(7.31) years] and thirty healthy male controls [Mage(SD)=27.44(4.74) years]. Controls were recruited through advertisements and screened to exclude any personal and/or family history of major medical, psychiatric, or substance-related disorders. The participants with AUD were recruited from alcoholism treatment centers in and around NYC after they had been detoxified and not in withdrawal. None of the participants with AUD met DSM-IV criteria for substance use disorders. (see Table 1).
