Neurobiology. Does alcohol damage female brains more?

Science. 2001 Mar 16;291(5511):2077-9. doi: 10.1126/science.291.5511.2077.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Alcoholism / metabolism
  • Alcoholism / pathology
  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / metabolism
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / pathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • Ethanol / adverse effects*
  • Ethanol / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Neurons / pathology
  • Rats
  • Receptors, GABA-A / metabolism
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / metabolism
  • Sex Characteristics*
  • Spermidine / metabolism

Substances

  • Receptors, GABA-A
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Ethanol
  • Spermidine
  • Hydrocortisone