Women's Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Women's Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Addiction Medicine
Neuroimaging confirms greater vulnerability of women's brains to alcohol
June 9th, 2005
Neuroimaging confirms that women's brains are more vulnerable to alcohol's effects than men's brains. Women appear to be more vulnerable to chronic drinking than men are. Yet few studies have looked at gender differences in alcohol's effects on the brain. A study in the May 2005 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research addresses this gap in research, using computed tomography (CT) to examine brain atrophy in the brains of alcoholic men and women. The findings support and build upon a prior hypothesis that women develop alcohol-related brain damage more readily than men. "Studies using brain-imaging techniques...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
|
