Recent Developments in Alcoholism

Volume 3

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism Alcohol research has entered an era of growth which brings enhanced opti mism regarding the elucidation of the biochemical and psychosocial factors which combine to produce the phenomena of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-12
Mått:178 x 254 x 20 mm
Vikt:663 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781461577171

Utforska kategorier

Psykiatri inom Medicin
Farmakologi inom Medicin
Samhällsmedicin och preventiv medicin inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

I. High-Risk Studies of Alcoholism.- Overview.- 1 Behavioral Effects of Alcohol in Sons of Alcoholics.- 2 The EEG in Persons at Risk for Alcoholism.- 3 Psychopathology in Adopted-Out Children of Alcoholics: The Stockholm Adoption Study.- 4 Premorbid Assessment of Young Men at High Risk for Alcoholism.- 5 Minimal Brain Dysfunction and Neuropsychological Test Performance in Offspring of Alcoholics.- II. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Alcohol.- Overview.- 6 Synthesis of Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes: Effects of Ethanol.- 7 Biochemical Interactions of Ethanol with the Arachidonic Acid Cascade.- 8 Brain Arachidonic Acid Metabolites: Functions and Interactions with Ethanol.- III. Cardiovascular Effects of Alcohol Abuse.- Overview.- 9 Alcohol, Coronary Heart Disease, and Total Mortality.- 10 Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.- 11 Myocardial Effects of Alcohol Abuse: Clinical and Physiologic Consequences.- 12 Biochemical Mechanisms Responsible for Alcohol-Associated Myocardiopathy.- IV. Cerebral Functioning in Social Drinkers.- Overview.- 13 The Continuity Hypothesis: The Relationship of Long-Term Alcoholism to the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome1.- 14 The Impact of Fathers’ Drinking on Cognitive Loss among Social Drinkers.- 15 Alcohol Use and Cognitive Functioning in Men and Women College Students.- 16 CT Demonstration of the Early Effects of Alcohol on the Brain.- 17 Cognitive Deficits and Morphological Cerebral Changes in a Random Sample of Social Drinkers.- 18 Brain Damage in Social Drinkers? Reasons for Caution.- 19 Statistical Issues for Research on Social Drinkers.- 20 Functional Brain Imaging.