Evidence for a Gender-Related Effect of Alcoholism on Brain Volumes

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 158; no. 2; pp. 198 - 204
• Main Authors: Hommer, Daniel W., Momenan, Reza, Kaiser, Erica, Rawlings, Robert R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.02.2001; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcoholism; Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - diagnosis; Biological and medical sciences; Brain; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain - drug effects; Brain size; Comparative studies; Effects; Ethanol - adverse effects; Ethanol - pharmacology; Female; Gender; Gender aspects; Heavy drinking; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Sex Factors; Size; Skull - anatomy & histology; Human; Intracranial; Volumetric analysis; Healthy subject; Alcoholism; Grey matter; Sex; Central nervous system; Cerebral ventricle; Cerebrospinal fluid; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; White matter; Alcoholic beverage; Cerebral sulcus; Young adult; Dependence; Medical imagery; Adult; Comparative study; Brain (vertebrata)

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to compare brain volumes of alcoholic and nonalcoholic men and women and determine if the magnitudes of differences in brain volumes between alcoholic women and nonalcoholic women are greater than the magnitudes of the differences between alcoholic men and nonal...