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Alcoholism and human electrophysiology

Bernice Porjesz1, Henri Begleiter

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Summary

Brain activity differs between alcoholics and nonalcoholics, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). These differences suggest an excitation-inhibition imbalance in the brains of individuals with alcoholism.

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