title: REM sleep time and digit span impairment in alcoholics.
abstract: In a group of 20 abstinent alcoholics, the amount of REM sleep was correlated with the degree of Digit Span scatter from the modified verbal mean of the WAIS. The Digits Backward component was more strongly related to REM time than was the Digits Forward component, suggesting an association between reduced REM sleep time and short-term memory impairment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000187:drug effects; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012895:Sleep, REM; D014888:Wechsler Scales
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol