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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Impact of Alcoholism on Sleep Architecture and EEG Power Spectra in Men and Women
SLEEP 2009;32(10):1341-1352.

To determine the impact of alcoholism on sleep architecture and sleep EEG power spectra in men and women with uncomplicated alcoholism.

Long-term alcoholism affects sleep even after long periods of abstinence in both men and women. Measures of frontal slow wave activity were particularly sensitive markers of this long-lasting effect. Sleep EEG measures would thus seem to provide a functional correlate of the changes in brain structure seen in frontal cortex of long-term alcoholics.


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