The role of disorders in the functions of the cerebral catecholamine system in the pathogenesis of chronic alcoholism
Anokhina, I.P.; Kogan, B.M.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 75(12): 1874-1883
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1217377 Document Number: 85639
The authors studied the functions of central and peripheral catecholamine systems in patients with chronic alcoholism. The influence of acute and chronic administration of alcohol was studied in experiments in animals as well as its discontinuation on the catecholamine structures in different areas of the CNS. The obtained data demonstrated that alcohol exerts a specific influence on the catecholamine brain systems which has typical regularities. An analysis of the acheived results permits to assume that the influence of alcohol on the catecholamine brain structures is one of the main links in the pathogenesis of chronic alcoholism.