TY - JOUR
T1 - A preliminary report
T2 - Nutritional levels and cognitive performance in chronic alcohol abusers
AU - Albert, Marilyn
AU - Butters, Nelson
AU - Rogers, Sigrid
AU - Pressman, Jeffrey
AU - Geller, Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by funds from the Scientific Advisory Council of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc., the V. A. Medical Research Service and by NIAAA grant AA-00187 to Boston University.
PY - 1982/4
Y1 - 1982/4
N2 - The relationship between vitamin levels, alcohol intake and cognitive status was examined in a group of 19 chronic alcoholics who had just begun to withdraw from alcohol. The results indicate that during this stage of detoxification levels of folic acid are the best predictors of cognitive performance. Alcohol intake, as measured by either total life consumption or years of alcohol abuse, was only weakly associated with neuropsychological tests scores. It is suggested that the cognitive recovery that occurs during the first weeks of abstinence may be related to nutritional variables, whereas the longer-lasting neuropsychological impairments of alcohol abusers may be related to the direct neurotoxic effects of alcohol.
AB - The relationship between vitamin levels, alcohol intake and cognitive status was examined in a group of 19 chronic alcoholics who had just begun to withdraw from alcohol. The results indicate that during this stage of detoxification levels of folic acid are the best predictors of cognitive performance. Alcohol intake, as measured by either total life consumption or years of alcohol abuse, was only weakly associated with neuropsychological tests scores. It is suggested that the cognitive recovery that occurs during the first weeks of abstinence may be related to nutritional variables, whereas the longer-lasting neuropsychological impairments of alcohol abusers may be related to the direct neurotoxic effects of alcohol.
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U2 - 10.1016/0376-8716(82)90059-X
DO - 10.1016/0376-8716(82)90059-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 7094836
AN - SCOPUS:0019945052
SN - 0376-8716
VL - 9
SP - 131
EP - 142
JO - Drug and alcohol dependence
JF - Drug and alcohol dependence
IS - 2
ER -