Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh McQueenie, Ross Nicholl, Barbara I. Field, Ryan Hanlon, Peter Gallacher, Katie I. Mair, Frances S. Lewsey, Jim
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundAlcohol consumption is a leading contributor to death and disability worldwide, but previous research has not examined the effects of different patterns of alcohol consumption. The study objective was to understand the relationship between different alcohol consumption patterns and adverse health outcomes risk, adjusting for average amoun...
Bornebusch, Annika Billefeld Mason, Graeme F Tonetto, Simone Damsgaard, Jakob Gjedde, Albert Fink-Jensen, Anders Thomsen, Morgane
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Psychopharmacology
After alcohol ingestion, the brain partly switches from consumption of glucose to consumption of the alcohol metabolite acetate. In heavy drinkers, the switch persists after abrupt abstinence, leading to the hypothesis that the resting brain may be "starved" when acetate levels suddenly drop during abstinence, despite normal blood glucose, contribu...
Mueller, Susanne G Meyerhoff, Dieter J
Gray matter (GM) atrophy associated with alcohol use disorders (AUD) affects predominantly the frontal lobes. Less is known how frontal lobe GM loss affects GM loss in other regions and how it influences drinking behavior or relapse after treatment. The profile similarity index (PSI) combined with graph analysis allows to assess how GM loss in one ...
Munn-Chernoff, Melissa A Johnson, Emma C Chou, Yi-Ling Coleman, Jonathan RI Thornton, Laura M Walters, Raymond K Yilmaz, Zeynep Baker, Jessica H Hübel, Christopher Gordon, Scott
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Eating disorders and substance use disorders frequently co-occur. Twin studies reveal shared genetic variance between liabilities to eating disorders and substance use, with the strongest associations between symptoms of bulimia nervosa and problem alcohol use (genetic correlation [rg ], twin-based = 0.23-0.53). We estimated the genetic correlation...
Listabarth, Stephan König, Daniel Wippel, Andreas Pruckner, Nathalie Castillo, Deirdre Maria Vyssoki, Sandra Gmeiner, Andrea
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Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater
Die potenziell teratogenen Effekte von Alkoholkonsum in der Schwangerschaft stellen wichtige medizinische sowie sozio-ökonomische Faktoren dar. Die Einhaltung einer strikten Alkoholkarenz während der Schwangerschaft, stellt allerdings besonders für Frauen, welche an einer Alkoholabhängigkeit leiden, eine große Herausforderung dar. Eine optimale psy...
Listabarth, Stephan Gmeiner, Andrea Pruckner, Nathalie Vyssoki, Sandra Wippel, Andreas König, Daniel
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Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater
Unsere Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass die Prävalenz sowohl der Alkoholabhängigkeit als auch der damit assoziierten Morbidität nach wie vor unterschätzt wird. Weiterhin bestehen in Österreich hinsichtlich der alkoholbedingten Lebererkrankungen eine erhebliche Diskrepanz zwischen der Mortalitätsrate einerseits und der LTX-Rate andererseits sowie ...
Prabhakar, Sunil Kumar Rajaguru, Harikumar
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Heliyon
The basic function of the brain is severely affected by alcoholism. For the easy depiction and assessment of the mental condition of a human brain, Electroencephalography (EEG) signals are highly useful as it can record and measure the electrical activities of the brain much to the satisfaction of doctors and researchers. Utilizing the standard con...
OLIVEIRA, Kalinca S OLIVEIRA, Luana Reis FERNANDES, Sabrina A CORAL, Gabriela P
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The protein-energy malnutrition alters the prognosis of patients with cirrhosis. Its prevalence may vary according to the etiology of liver disease, it´s severity and the evaluation of the method applied. The infection by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and alcoholism are the main etiologies of cirrhosis and result in a significant...
Dal Prá, Ketelin Juliane de Fatima Moraes da Silva, Aneliza Chaves-Neto, Antonio Hernandes Soubhia, Ana Maria Pires
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Clinical oral investigations
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of chronic consumption of cachaça, a Brazilian beverage containing alcohol, on submandibular glands (SM) of rats by using histomorphometric and biochemical parameters. Twenty-four male rats (40 days of age) were assigned into the following four groups (n = 6): two control groups for 75 days (C75) and 105 day...
Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Nalugya, Joyce S. Skylstad, Vilde Ndeezi, Grace Akol, Angela Babirye, Juliet N. Nankabirwa, Victoria Tumwine, James K.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
BackgroundAlcohol, substance use, and mental health disorders constitute major public health issues worldwide, including in low income and lower middle-income countries, and early initiation of use is an important predictor for developing substance use disorders in later life. This study reports on the existence of childhood alcohol abuse and depen...