1. Psychophysiological diagnostics in alcohol dependency: Fourier analysis of pupillary oscillation and the receptor test for determination of cholinergic deficiency.
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GRÜNBERGER, J., LINZMAYER, L., WALTER, H., STÖHR, H., SALETU-ZYHLARZ, G. M., GRÜNBERGER, M., and LESCH, O. M.
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PEOPLE with alcoholism ,CENTRAL nervous system ,CHOLINERGIC receptors ,FOURIER analysis ,TRANSFERRIN - Abstract
Mnestic disturbances in alcoholics may be related to cholinergic deficiency as well as to central nervous system inactivation. After instillation of tropicamide, cholinergic receptors are blocked and pupillary dilatation occurs. It is assumed that the more severe the cognitive deterioration, the wider the pupillary dilatation. Pupillary oscillations reflect central activation. Changes of pupillary diameter after topical instillation of tropicamide and pupillary oscillations were measured in 44 alcohol-dependent patients aged 40-55 years, diagnosed according to the DSM-III-R as severe alcoholics (>7 symptoms), having been abstinent for at least 3 weeks (objectively tested with carbohydrate-deficient transferrin), compared with 18 healthy controls. The pupillary diameter of the left eye was measured eight times within 103 min, as were pupillary oscillations. Using Fourier analysis, the amplitudes of oscillations were measured in five frequency bands and the sum of the frequency bands was calculated. In addition, central activation was measured during a calculation test at 3 and 103 min. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1998
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