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CAT SCAN DEMONSTRATION OF ALCOHOL‐RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE IN SOCIAL DRINKERS
Author(s) -
Cala L.A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian alcohol/drug review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0726-4550
DOI - 10.1080/09595238280000501
Subject(s) - alcohol , abstinence , brain function , brain damage , alcohol and health , medicine , alcohol tolerance , alcoholic intoxication , physiology , psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , alcohol consumption , poison control , injury prevention , biology , environmental health , biochemistry
CAT scan has been used for nearly seven years to demonstrate that amounts of alcohol varying from 20 gm/day up to the volumes consumed by alcoholics, may cause brain damage or be related to it. The effect of diet must be considered in all studies assessing the role of alcohol. It has been shown that abstinence results in improvement of the appearance and the density of the brain, as well as improvement in function. The possibility that alcohol may cause a metabolic block in the metabolism of thiamin has been established and is part of work‐in‐progress.