title: [Main involvement of the central nervous system in alcoholism].
abstract: The effects of alcohol on the central nervous system can be subdivided into three main categories: the effects of acute intoxication (drunkenness, acute encephalopathy, stroke), the effects of tolerance and ethanol withdrawal (delirium tremens, seizures) and the delayed manifestations of chronic alcohol consumption (cerebellar degeneration, Wernicke's encephalopathy, dementia).
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Uldry
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogousslavsky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Regli
mesh_terms: D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Principales atteintes du système nerveux central dans l'alcoolisme.