Article
Acute effects of alcohol on P300 in Asians with different ALDH2 genotypes.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 1995
Wall T L, Ehlers C L
Abstract excerpt
Asian men were genotyped for alleles of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) and tested on two separate occasions following oral administration of placebo and 0.75 ml/kg alcohol. Sixty minutes after beverage ingestion, event-related potentials were elicited using an auditory oddball paradigm. Repeated measures ANOVA revealed that alcohol produced significant increases in P300 latency and significant decreases in P300...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcohol Drinking
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- Asian
- Attention
- California
- Cerebral Cortex
- China
- Double-Blind Method
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory
- Genotype
- Humans
