title: Alcohol and the brain.
abstract: Some of the major effects of alcohol, and alcoholism, on the brain are reviewed, with reappraisal of evidence drawn from brain imaging, neuropathology, clinical psychology, and laboratory experimental work. A hypothesis is developed which may help to account for the wide variability encountered in individual susceptibility to alcoholic brain damage and its varied manifestations. Therapeutic implications are considered.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Lishman
mesh_terms: D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology