Difference in Brain Densities Between Chronic Alcoholic and Normal Control Patients.

Author(s)

Charles J. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Benjamin Graber
I. Blose
Richard A. BergFollow
Jeffrey Coffman
Solomon Bloch

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Science

Publication Date

1-30-1981

Abstract

The densities of the brains of 11 chronic alcoholics were compared with those of 11 age-matched normal control subjects. Densities were determined from the density numbers generated by computerized tomography at three levels of the brain-the highest level of the lateral ventricles and the next two higher levels-with adjustments made to control for possible artifacts in the data. The advantage of the dominant hemisphere over the nondominant hemisphere was lessened in alcoholics

DOI

10.1126/science.7455693

Volume

211

Issue

4481

First Page

508

Last Page

510

NSUWorks Citation

Golden, C. J., Graber, B., Blose, I., Berg, R. A., Coffman, J., Bloch, S. (1981). Difference in Brain Densities Between Chronic Alcoholic and Normal Control Patients.. Science, 211(4481), 508-510.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/781