Event-related brain potentials in boys at risk for alcoholism.
Recent neurophysiological findings have demonstrated that abstinent chronic alcoholics manifest deficits in event-related brain potentials. To explore possible biological antecedents of alcoholism the present study examined boys at high risk for alcoholism. Event-related brain potentials were recorded from biological sons of alcoholic fathers and matched control boys. Differences in the P3 component of the potentials were obtained between the high-risk and control subjects.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005220:Fathers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012306:Risk