THE POSSIBILITIES OF COUNTERACTING ALCOHOL INEBRIATION
Various attempts to counteract acute etoh effects have not been rewarding so far. Various reports from animal experiments suggest that etoh sleep or etoh anaesthesia is effectively counteracted with various more or less non-specific stimulants, but these results refer to heavy etoh intoxication only. An altered turn-over of various brain neurotransmitters, well documented in animals, may not be an important contributor to inebriation but is rather associated with etoh inebriation in a non-specific way. One may conclude that there is no relevant animal behaviour model that matches the subtle central depression after low doses of etoh. Etoh acts as a solvent which impairs various membrane functions, and a really effective specific antagonist would be hard to find. (Author/TRRL)
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, Volume III, held June 15-19, 1980 at Leonard Goldberg.
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Corporate Authors:
Karolinska Institutet
Medicinska Fakulteten
Stockholm, SwedenKarolinska Institutet
Medicinska Fakulteten
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Authors:
- Mattila, M
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1981
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 909-922
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohols; Brain; Conferences; Diseases and medical conditions; Drugs; Ethanol; Intoxication; Prevention; Sleep; Stimulants
- ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 2030: Brain; 8525: Conference; 2242: Drugs; 2222: Fatigue (human); 2154: Medical aspects; 9149: Prevention
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00361948
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM