Difference in brain densities between chronic alcoholic and normal control patients.
The densities of the brains of 11 chronic alcoholics were compared with those of 11 age-matched normal control subjects. Densities were determined from the density numbers generated by computerized tomography at three levels of the brain-the highest level of the lateral ventricles and the next two higher levels-with adjustments made to control for possible artifacts in the data. The advantage of the dominant hemisphere over the nondominant hemisphere was lessened in alcoholics.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed