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Alcohol and Alcoholism - Effects on Brain and Development (Paperback)
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Alcohol and Alcoholism - Effects on Brain and Development (Paperback)
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This is the first volume that focuses on the lifespan
neurobehavioral factors likely to determine susceptibility to
alcohol abuse and its consequences. The chapters offer careful
analysis of the effects of ethanol on the fetus, the infant, the
adolescent, and the adult. The authors include behavioral
neuroscientists and clinical neuropsychologists. Their topics range
from the neurochemical and neuroanatomical consequences of prenatal
alcohol to the cognitive consequences of prenatal alcohol on
preschool and school-age children. The impact of genetics on
sensitivity to alcohol is considered in terms of analytic tests
using techniques of behavioral genetics and molecular biology. The
consequences of exposure to alcohol during breastfeeding are
described in experiments with human infants. The alcoholism that
develops in adulthood is analyzed through the experimental study of
relapse from alcohol deprivation and assessment of
neuropsychological impairments and treatment for alcoholics.
Drawing on extensive research that has applied techniques from
molecular neurobiology and tests of learning and memory to the
clinical assessment and treatment of alcoholics. The volume answers
recent questions raised by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Drug Abuse about the
role of early experience in susceptibility to later abuse of
alcohol and other drugs. Although epidemiological studies can
describe the problem, solutions in terms of mechanisms that mediate
these effects will be found only with the kinds of experimentally
oriented approaches the chapter authors describe.
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