The Biology of Alcoholism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Effects of Alcohol on the Neuron

   • Robert G. Grenell

   Pages 1-19

3. Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disorders Associated with Alcoholism

   • Richard F. Mayer, Ricardo Garcia-Mullin

   Pages 21-65

4. The Effects of Alcohol on Evoked Potentials of Various Parts of the Central Nervous System of the Cat

   • Harold E. Himwich, David A. Callison

   Pages 67-84

5. Brain Centers of Reinforcement and the Effects of Alcohol

   • J. St.-Laurent

   Pages 85-106

6. Factors Underlying Differences in Alcohol Preference of Inbred Strains of Mice

   • David A. Rodgers

   Pages 107-130

7. The Determinants of Alcohol Preference in Animals

   • R. D. Myers, W. L. Veale

   Pages 131-168

8. Voluntary Alcohol Consumption in Apes

   • F. L. Fitz-Gerald

   Pages 169-192

9. State-Dependent Learning Produced by Alcohol and Its Relevance to Alcoholism

   • Donald A. Overton

   Pages 193-217

10. Behavioral Studies of Alcoholism

    • Nancy K. Mello

    Pages 219-291

11. The Effects of Alcohol on the Central Nervous System in Humans

    • Henri Begleiter, Arthur Platz

    Pages 293-343

12. Changes in Cardiovascular Activity as a Function of Alcohol Intake

    • David H. Knott, James D. Beard

    Pages 345-365

13. The Effect of Alcohol on the Autonomic Nervous System of Humans: Psychophysiological Approach

    • Paul Naitoh

    Pages 367-433

14. Alcohol and Sleep

    • H. L. Williams, A. Salamy

    Pages 435-483

15. Alcoholism and Learning

    • M. Vogel-Sprott

    Pages 485-507

16. Some Effects of Ethanol on Human Sexual and Aggressive Behavior

    • John A. Carpenter, Nicholas P. Armenti

    Pages 509-543

17. Back Matter

    Pages 545-552

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Alcoholism is a uniquely human condition. Although some forms of alcohol dependence can be induced experimentally in a variety of laboratory animals, the complete spectrum of alcoholism with all of its physical, psychological, and social implications occurs only in man. The special quality of this relationship becomes more significant when one considers that the manifestations of most physical disease syndromes in animals and man are more similar than they are different. The uniqueness of alcoholism lies in the fact that it is one of the few physical diseases which reflects at all levels the problems of individuals coping with the complexities of human society. In order to present a more coherent picture of these complex relationships, we have attempted to impose a logical sequence upon the material. This sequence lies along a dual parameter-from the physical to the social and from the theor­ etical to the empirical. Consequently, it was natural for the first volume in this series to deal with biochemistry, the most basic and physical aspect of the inter­ action of alcohol and man. It is equally natural for this, the second volume, to deal with physiology and behavior, for these levels of phenomenology-partic­ ularly the latter-are already more empirical and psychological in their mani­ festations. Finally, the third volume, clinical pathology, describes the disease itself, with all of the medical and social implications carried in the word "alcoholism.

• Syndrom
• alcohol
• alcoholism
• autonomy
• brain
• cardiovascular disease
• depression
• electroencephalography (EEG)
• interaction
• memory
• nervous system
• physiology
• psychophysiology
• stress
• syndromes

• Division of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

  Benjamin Kissin, Henri Begleiter

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