Alcohol intoxication induces greater reductions in brain metabolism in male than in female subjects

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 909-917

  Wang, Gene Jack ^a,b   Volkow, Nora D ^a,b   Fowler, Joanna S ^a   Franceschi, Dinko ^a,b   Wong, Christopher T ^a   Pappas, Naomi R ^a   Netusil, Noelwah ^a   Zhu, Wei ^c   Felder, Christoph ^a   Ma, Yeming ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral Glucose Metabolism; Ethanol; Gender; Pharmacological Challenge

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0038647821     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000071740.56375.BA     Document Type: Article

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