CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW AND CEREBROVASCULAR RESPONSE TO ACETAZOLAMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC-ALCOHOLISM

Authors
OISHI M MOCHIZUKI Y TAKASU T
Citation
M. Oishi et al., CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW AND CEREBROVASCULAR RESPONSE TO ACETAZOLAMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC-ALCOHOLISM, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 63(1), 1997, pp. 100-102
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
100 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1997)63:1<100:CBACRT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular response to acetazolamide were studied in 12 patients with chronic alcoholism and 12 age matched hea lthy controls. Blood flows in the cerebral cortex, thalamus, and putam en were significantly lower in the chronic alcoholic group than in the healthy control group. The increase in blood flow caused by acetazola mide did not show any significant difference between the two groups. T hese findings suggest that the decreased cerebral blood now in chronic alcoholism is due to decreased cerebral metabolism.