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Recent Developments in Alcoholism

Volume 3

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Marc Galanter

    1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. High-Risk Studies of Alcoholism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview

      • Donald W. Goodwin
      Pages 3-10

    3. Behavioral Effects of Alcohol in Sons of Alcoholics

      • Marc A. Schuckit
      Pages 11-19

    4. The EEG in Persons at Risk for Alcoholism

      • Jan Volavka, Vicki Pollock, William F. Gabrielli Jr., Sarnoff A. Mednick
      Pages 21-36

    5. Psychopathology in Adopted-out Children of Alcoholics The Stockholm Adoption Study

      • C. Robert Cloninger, Michael Bohman, Sören Sigvardsson, Anne-Liis von Knorring
      Pages 37-51

    6. Premorbid Assessment of Young Men at High Risk for Alcoholism

      • Joachim Knop
      Pages 53-64

    7. Minimal Brain Dysfunction and Neuropsychological Test Performance in Offspring of Alcoholics

      • Victor M. Hesselbrock, James R. Stabenau, Michie N. Hesselbrock
      Pages 65-82

  3. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Alcohol

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Overview

      • Erik ÄnggÃ¥rd
      Pages 85-100

    3. Synthesis of Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes Effects of Ethanol

      • Robert C. Murphy, Jay Y. Westcott
      Pages 101-122

    4. Biochemical Interactions of Ethanol with the Arachidonic Acid Cascade

      • Sam N. Pennington
      Pages 123-142

    5. Brain Arachidonic Acid Metabolites Functions and Interactions with Ethanol

      • Jay Y. Westcott, Allan C. Collins
      Pages 143-152

  4. Cardiovascular Effects of Alcohol Abuse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Overview

      • David H. Van Thiel
      Pages 155-156

    3. Alcohol, Coronary Heart Disease, and Total Mortality

      • Ronald E. LaPorte, Jane A. Cauley, Lewis H. Kuller, Katherine Flegal, Judith S. Gavaler, David Van Thiel
      Pages 157-163

    4. Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

      • Katherine M. Flegal, Jane A. Cauley
      Pages 165-180

    5. Myocardial Effects of Alcohol Abuse Clinical and Physiologic Consequences

      • David H. Van Thiel, Judith S. Gavaler
      Pages 181-187

    6. Biochemical Mechanisms Responsible for Alcohol-Associated Myocardiopathy

      • David H. Van Thiel, Judith S. Gavaler, Dennis C. Lehotay
      Pages 189-200

  5. Cerebral Functioning in Social Drinkers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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About this book

From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism Alcohol research has entered an era of growth which brings enhanced opti­ mism regarding the elucidation of the biochemical and psychosocial factors which combine to produce the phenomena of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The solidification of knowledge regarding the genetic determinants of certain alcohol-related problems puts on firm footing the biological approaches for developing solutions to these problems. The current volume of Recent Devel­ opments in Alcoholism contains an excellent blend of information both on stud­ ies assessing the behavioral and physiological variables which may be ge­ netically linked to an individual's risk of developing problems with alcohol, and on clinical and basic science investigations of the pathological conse­ quences of excessive ethanol ingestion. Further progress in the alcoholism research area will continue to require investigation of the interactions of en­ vironmental variables with the genetically determined biology of an individ­ ual. Novel techniques in the fields of molecular genetics, physical chemistry, and behavioral pharmacology are being brought to bear on the central issues in the field, and the addition of these tools to the science of alcohol research brings closer the prospect of fruitful clinical application of our basic knowl­ edge. The Research Society on Alcoholism remains devoted to the task of promoting the generation of knowledge regarding the actions of alcohol and the mechanisms which produce alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

    Marc Galanter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Recent Developments in Alcoholism

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 3

  • Editors: Marc Galanter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7715-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-7717-1Published: 12 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-7715-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 324

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Public Health, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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