Controlled studies on the effects of alcohol ingestion on peripheral nerves of macaque monkeys.
In two different studies, monkeys were fed diets with 50% and 30% of calories replaced with alcohol for 5 and 3 years, respectively. Nerves were studied with electrophysiological and quantitative histological methods, but no deleterious effect of alcohol was identified.
D000818:Animals; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology
D000431:Ethanol