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- Excessive alcohol consumption clearly has a deleterious effect on brain structure and function
- Gait and balance, followed by visuospatial abilities, show the greatest alcohol-related deficits
- Two principal neural systems, the cerebellar-frontal and the corticocortical…
- A recent study has found that the absence of a parent as role model can be stressful for infants
- Concentrations of cortisol, a principal stress hormone, can indicate levels of stress
- Infant monkeys who had high cortisol levels as a stress response later drank heavily as…
- Heavy alcohol use is associated with thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency
- Alcohol and thiamine deficiency together may have a more damaging impact on the brain
- Learning and reference memory appear to be the most sensitive to their synergistic effects
- The role of…
- A significant proportion of Asians lack the aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) gene
- Acetaldehyde is produced in saliva while drinking alcohol
- ALDH2-deficient individuals who drink heavily appear unable to eliminate salivary acetaldehyde
- These same individuals…
- Alcohol has both sedative-like and stimulant-like effects on the brain
- Benzodiazepines, which have a sedative effect, are used as sleeping pills
- Alcohol and benzodiazepines both facilitate brain GABA activity, which is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter system in the…
- Genetic factors are known to contribute to the development of alcoholism
- Biochemical characteristics can help identify those people with a predisposition for alcoholism
- The enzyme platelet adenylyl cyclase may be such a biochemical marker
- The marker seems to…
- The exact relationship between alcohol use and marital aggression has been unclear
- A recent study has found that alcohol can contribute to marital violence under certain circumstances
- Alcohol seems to exacerbate marital problems when conflict already exists
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- Alcohol-related deaths can be classified as "natural" (disease-related) or "unnatural" (event-related)
- Nearly 29 percent of all unnatural deaths in Sweden during a five-year period were found to be associated with alcohol
- Study authors estimated that as much as 44…
- Children of alcoholics may be at risk for lower intellectual, cognitive and academic performance
- Children of alcoholics with a co-existing antisocial personality disorder may be at even greater risk
- Parental cognitive abilities and educational attainment may also…
- Numerous studies have shown a link between job stress, job strain and health outcomes
- In general, bus drivers have poorer health than workers in other occupations
- Recent findings show that some bus drivers use after-hours alcohol to cope with work-related stress
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