Acute alcohol intoxication decreases glucose metabolism but increases acetate uptake in the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 277-283

  Volkow, Nora D ^a,b   Kim, Sung Won ^b   Wang, Gene Jack ^c   Alexoff, David ^c   Logan, Jean ^c   Muench, Lisa ^b   Shea, Colleen ^c   Telang, Frank ^b   Fowler, Joanna S ^c   Wong, Christopher ^b   Benveniste, Helene ^d   Tomasi, Dardo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Alcoholism; FDG; Glia; PET; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ACETATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BRAIN; CARBON; CHILD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867459302     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.057     Document Type: Article

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