Regional cerebral blood flow during alcoholic blackout.
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.
Berglund
M
M
Department of Alcohol Diseases, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Prohovnik
I
I
Risberg
J
J
D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes; D000431:Ethanol