title: [Neurologic mechanism of the unconscious craving for alcohol in chronic alcoholic patients].
abstract: The author studied cortical mechanisms of the perception of subconscious motivationally meaningful word "vodka" in patients with chronic alcoholism. Clear-cut diffuse activation of the cerebral cortex in response to a subconscious verbal stimulus was identified through recording evoked cortical potentials which are a sensitive indicator of reactivity of the cerebral structures to alcohol. The elucidated cortical activation may be one of the nervous mechanisms of stable craving for alcohol which is poorly controlled by the patient's conscious experience.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013360:Subliminal Stimulation
vernacular_title: O nervnom mekhanizme neosoznavaemogo vlecheniia k alkogoliu u bol'nykh khronicheskim alkogolizmom.