Regional cerebral blood flow during alcoholic blackout |
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Authors: | M Berglund I Prohovnik J Risberg |
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Affiliation: | Department of Alcohol Diseases, Malm? General Hospital, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | Regional cerebral blood flow was measured during alcoholic blackout in a 61-year-old man with a blood-alcohol level of 0.38%. The mean flow level was found to be elevated by about 30-60% compared to repeated studies during long-term abstinence. The regional pattern did not change greatly. Increases of mean regional cerebral blood flow have previously been reported during social drinking and in Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome. A common disturbance of subcortical activation systems is hypothesized. |
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