Moderate acute alcohol intoxication increases visual motion repulsion

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1607 - 8
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhengchun, Wang, Huan, Tzvetanov, Tzvetomir, Zhou, Yifeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.01.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378/2613; 631/378/2649/1723; Abuse; Adult; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol use; Alcoholic Intoxication - pathology; Alcohols; Alcohols - administration & dosage; Alcohols - adverse effects; Blindness; Central nervous system; Cortex; Double-Blind Method; Drug abuse; Drunkenness; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Information processing; Intoxication; Male; Motion detection; Motion Perception - drug effects; multidisciplinary; Placebos - administration & dosage; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Visual Cortex - drug effects; Visual Cortex - physiology; Visual perception; Young Adult; γ-Aminobutyric acid

Among the serious consequences of alcohol abuse is the reduced ability to process visual information. Diminished vision from excessive consumption of alcohol has been implicated in industrial, home, and automobile accidents. Alcohol is also generally recognized as an inhibitor in the brain by potent...