Biological Effects of Alcohol

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Chronic Effects of Alcohols on Mouse Biomembranes....Pages 1-5
Ethanol-Induced Alteration in Membrane Phospholipid Composition: Possible Relationship to Development of Cellular Tolerance to Ethanol....Pages 7-19
Modification of Dopamine Receptor-Mediated Processes After Chronic Ethanol Intoxication: A Possible Mechanism....Pages 21-42
Chronic Ethanol Intake and Synaptosomal Glutamate Binding Activity....Pages 43-56
Calcium Receptor Binding in Synaptic Membranes of ICR, C57, DBA Mice After Ethanol Exposure....Pages 57-63
Involvement of Lipids in the Action of Ethanol and Other Anesthetics....Pages 65-68
4-Hydroxy-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinolines: Potential Reaction Products of Norepinephrine....Pages 69-72
 In Vivo Formation of Isoquinoline Alkaloids: Effect of Time and Route of Administration of Ethanol....Pages 73-86
Neuroamine Condensations in Human Subjects....Pages 87-102
Examination of the Role of Tetrahydroisoquinoline Alkaloids in The Mediation of Ethanol Consumption in Rats....Pages 103-120
Half-Lives and Actions of Intracerebrally Injected Isoquinolines....Pages 121-129
Chemical Sympathectomy Due to Tetrahydroisoquinolines Derived from Adrenaline....Pages 131-136
Monoamine Oxidase and the Enzymes of Ethanol Metabolism in Rats After Administration of Tetrahydroisoquinolines....Pages 137-143
Cyclic Amp And ß-Adrenergic Receptors during The Development Of Physical Dependence On Ethanol In The Rat....Pages 145-155
Altered Response to Cessation of Nerve Impulse Flow in Dopamine Neurons After Chronic Ethanol Administration....Pages 157-163
Acute and Chronic Effects of Barbiturates on Regional Turnover of Acetylcholine in Brain....Pages 165-179
Role of Serotonin (5-Ht) in Tolerance to Ethanol and Barbiturates....Pages 181-195
Strain Differences in the Development of Acute Tolerance to Ethanol....Pages 197-210
Physical Dependence on Ethanol: Methodological Considerations....Pages 211-229
Protracted Brain Dysfunction after Alcohol Withdrawal in Monkeys....Pages 231-249
The Neural Basis of Ethanol Dependence: is the Withdrawal Reaction Mediated by Localized Changes in Synaptic Excitability?....Pages 251-269
Rat Brain Cyclic Amp Levels and Withdrawal Behavior following Treatment with t-Butanol....Pages 271-281
Effect of Ethanol on Neural Cells Grown in Culture: Interaction with Plasma Membrane Ecto-5’-Nucleotidase Activity....Pages 283-298
Reversible Effects of Ethanol on E. coli ....Pages 299-337
Study of Alcohol Dependence in the Rat....Pages 339-358
Development of Liver Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Activities in the Foetal and Neonatal Rat....Pages 359-364
Influence of Prolonged Ethanol Intake on the Levels and Turnover of Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases and Glutathione....Pages 365-384
Ethanol Effects on Albumin Sythesis....Pages 385-396
Hepatotoxicity of Acetaldehyde....Pages 397-411
Acetaldehyde: A Positive Reinforcer Mediating Ethanol Consumption....Pages 413-423
Acetaldehyde Levels in Peripheral Venous Blood and Breath of Human Volunteers....Pages 425-438
Difficulties in Measuring Human Blood Acetaldehyde Concentrations During Ethanol Intoxication....Pages 439-451
Formation of Acetaldehyde from Diethyl Ether in Man....Pages 453-461
Multiple Effects of Ethanol on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Gonadal Axis in the Male....Pages 463-478
Alcohol-Induced Hypoglycaemia....Pages 479-483
Ethanol Induced Alterations in Pituitary Gonadal Hormones in Human Males....Pages 485-497
The Effects of Low Level Hyperbaric Treatment on Acute Ethanol Intoxication....Pages 499-507
The Effects of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) and other Drugs on the Actions of Alcohol....Pages 509-522
A New Model for Reducing Ethanol Toxicity....Pages 523-533
Antagonism of Ethanol’s Central Stimulation by Catecholamine Receptor Agonists....Pages 535-550
Requirements for an Ideal Alcohol Antagonist....Pages 551-559
Effects of Sensory Input and Alcohol Administration on Visual Evoked Potentials in Normal Subjects and Alcoholics....Pages 561-571
Visual Cortical Evoked Potentials in Alcoholics and Normals Maintained on Lithium Carbonate: Augmentation and Reduction Phenomena....Pages 573-577
Effects of Small Ethanol Doses on the Auditory Evoked Transient and Sustained Potentials in the Human Eeg....Pages 579-587
Genetic Aspects of Alcohol Action on the Electroencephalogram (EEG)....Pages 589-602
Visual Evoked Potential Correlates of Information Processing Deficits in Chronic Alcoholics....Pages 603-623
Acute and Chronic Effects of Ethanol on Event-Related Potentials....Pages 625-639
Sensory Conditioning of Evoked Potentials in Chronic Alcoholics....Pages 641-648
Visual Averaged Evoked Responses and Platelet Monoamine Oxidase in Patients Suffering From Alcoholism....Pages 649-660
Multivariate Approach to Alcoholic Cognitive Function....Pages 661-682
Relation of Neuropsychological Test Performance in Alcoholics to Brain Morphology Measured by Computed Tomography....Pages 683-699
Memory Deficits in Chronic Alcoholics: Continuities between the “Intact” Alcoholic and the Alcoholic Korsakoff Patient....Pages 701-718
Memory For Remote Events in Chronic Alcoholics and Alcoholic Korsakoff Patients....Pages 719-730
Neuropsychological Investigation of Brain Lesion Localization in Alcoholism....Pages 731-743
The Electroencephalogram, Psychological Testing, And other Investigations in Abstinent Alcoholics: a Longitudinal Study....Pages 745-756
The First Year After Treatment: Factors Affecting Time Course Of Reversibility Of Memory and Learning Deficits in Alcoholism....Pages 757-770
Computed-Tomography of the Brain and Neuropsychological Assessment of Alcoholic Patients....Pages 771-786
Reversibility in Alcohol Dementia....Pages 787-796
Neuropsychological Deficits in Alcoholics: Lack of Personality (MMPI) Correlates....Pages 797-808
Back Matter....Pages 809-832