title: Effect of alcohol on sensory and sensorimotor visual functions.
abstract: The literature on the effect of alcohol on sensory and sensorimotor visual functions is extensive. The findings are often contradictory and early studies did not correlate the effects with blood alcohol levels. This study was designed to test the effects of alcohol on various visual functions using equipment that is freely available to the clinician. A significant loss of visual field, accommodation and convergence that correlated with increasing blood alcohol levels was found. Visual acuity, color vision and stereoacuity were not significantly altered by alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toffolon
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000187:drug effects; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D003118:Color Perception / Q000187:drug effects; D003290:Convergence, Ocular / Q000187:drug effects; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000187:drug effects*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000187:drug effects; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol