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Comprehensive handbook of alcohol related pathology /

This comprehensive handbook is a "one-stop-shop" for all researchers involved in the field of alcohol-related harm at the whole body or cellular level. Over 100 chapters provide abundant information of a wide range of topics that extend from the evolutionary aspects of alcohol consumption...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Preedy, Victor R., Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier Academic, �2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Volume One
  • Part I: General Aspects of Alcohol Toxicity, Consumption, and Disease
  • Evolutionary and Historical Aspects of Ethanol Ingestion
  • Alcohol Metabolism: General Aspects
  • Intake of Different Alcoholic Beverages and Life-style and Psychosocial Factors
  • Genetic Aspects of Alcohol Metabolism: An Overview
  • Predictors of Alcohol Consumption
  • Binge Drinking: Patterns, Explanations, and Policy
  • Breath and Blood Alcohol
  • Effects of Food and Body Composition on Blood Alcohol Levels
  • Disposal of Ethanol Carbon Atoms
  • Effect of Alcohol on Water and Sodium Homeostasis
  • Energy from Alcohol
  • The Mediterranean Diet and the Contribution and Role of Alcohol
  • The Role of Alcohol in Injury Deaths
  • Death from Alcohol Poisoning
  • Alcohol and the Workplace
  • Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents: Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics,
  • Diagnosis, and Treatment
  • Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents: Individual Differences, Prevention,
  • Identification, and Intervention
  • What is the Impact of Alcohol on Learning in University Students?
  • The Relationship Between Alcohol Misuse and the Homelessness
  • Alcohol and Sport Activities: Spectators Perspective
  • Part II: Damage/Disease
  • General Aspects of Pathology
  • An Overview of Pathologies Occurring in Alcohol Abusers
  • Gender Differences in Alcohol Pathology
  • Psychological Effects of Alcohol Misuse
  • The Effect of Alcohol on Quality of Life
  • Alcohol and Road Accidents
  • Trauma and Alcohol
  • Clinical Implications of Alcohol Misuse for Surgery
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  • Nutritional Status in Alcoholics
  • Alcohol and Body Composition
  • Beneficial Components of White Wine
  • Polyphenols and Alcohol: Complementary Mechanisms for the Protective
  • Effects of Moderate Wine Consumption
  • Overview of ALDH Polymorphism: Relation to Cardiovascular Effects of Alcohol
  • Overview on the Effects of Amount and Type of Alcohol on Morbidity and Mortality
  • Alcohol-related Mortality in Russia
  • (ii) Organ Damage
  • Epidemiology and Risk Factors Involved in Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • Polymorphism and Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • Liver Injury During Alcohol Use and Withdrawal
  • Alcohol Consumption and Diabetes Mellitus
  • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
  • Alcohol, Alcoholism and Effects on the Kidney and Kidney Disease
  • Alcohol Intake and the Lower Urinary Tract
  • Alcohol and Prostate Cancer
  • Oral Health and Alcohol
  • Volume 2
  • Alcohol and the Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Alcohol, ALDH2 Genotypes and Intestinal Cancer
  • Alcohol and Pancreatitis
  • The Skin and Alcohol
  • Alcohol, Blood Pressure and Hypertension
  • Alcohol and Stroke
  • Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
  • Epidemiologic Aspects of ALDH2 Genotypes and Cardiovascular Parameters
  • Alcoholic Myopathy: Clinical Aspects
  • Alcohol and the Eye: Friend or Foe
  • MarchiafavaBignami Disease in Alcoholism
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • (iii) Cells, Pathways, Interactions, Processes
  • Defects in Methionine Metabolism: Its Role in Ethanol-induced Liver Injury
  • Roles of Kupffer Cells in Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • The Role of the Stellate Cell in Alcohol Mediated Tissue Injury
  • The Role of T Lymphocytes in the Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • Oxidative Stress in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Clinical Studies
  • The Relationship between Alcohol-induced Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress in the Liver
  • Alcohol and HIV Interactions in the Natural History and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
  • Alcohol and Hepatitis Virus Interactions in Liver Pathology
  • Moderate Alcohol and Fibrosis in Chronic Viral Hepatitis
  • EthanolTaurine Interactions in the Brain: Mechanisms and
  • Pathophysiological Implications
  • The Effect of Ethanol on Ion Channels in the Brain: A New Look
  • A Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway Protects the Developing Brain against
  • Alcohol-induced Neuronal Death
  • Signaling Pathways in the Heart and Moderate Alcohol Intake
  • Effects of Alcohol on Vascular Function
  • Vascular and Biochemical Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption:
  • Mechanisms of Protection Against Cardiovascular Disease
  • Alcohol and Xenobiotics in Placenta Damage
  • Molecular Mechanisms in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Shh-signaling
  • The Process of Bacterial Translocation and Implications for Health in Alcoholics
  • Alcohol, Altered Gut Permeability, and Endotoxins
  • Hormonal Responses in Alcoholism
  • Alcohol-induced Changes in the GHIGF Axis
  • Mechanisms in Prostate Damage by Alcohol
  • Signaling Pathways in Human Breast Cells in Response to Alcohol:
  • Mechanisms for Alcohol-induced Breast Cancer
  • The UbiquitinProteasome System in Alcohol-Induced Pathology
  • Alcohol and Alkylating Agents
  • DNA Damage Resulting from Alcohol Abuse with Special Reference to the Brain
  • Purine Metabolism and the Influence of Alcoholic Beverages
  • The Role of PKC Isozymes in Mediating Responses to Ethanol
  • Ethanol Modulation of cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase Subunits Activity:
  • Mechanisms and Functional Consequences
  • Adhesion Molecules and Alcohol Consumption
  • Glucose-regulated Stress Proteins (GRPs) and Alcohol
  • Heat Shock Proteins and Alcohol
  • Role of Oxidative Stress in Alcohol-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction
  • Alcohol and Apoptosis
  • Volume 3
  • Alcohol and Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters
  • Modification of Proteins by Reactive Ethanol Metabolites: Adduct Structure, Functional and Pathological Consequences
  • The Effect of Acetaldehyde on Plasma
  • Autoantibodies in Alcohol-related Tissue Diseases
  • Alcohol-induced Membrane Damage
  • Alcohol Abuse and Eating Disorders
  • The Relationship Between Obesity and Alcoholic Pathology
  • Protein Deficiency and Alcohol: Interactions and Organ Effects
  • Tryptophan Metabolism and Alcoholism
  • Part III: Selective Methods Used in Alcohol Research
  • Selective Methods Used in Alcohol Research: Screening in Primary Care Methods
  • and Approaches
  • Psychometric Assessment of Alcohol Use
  • Self-reported Intake of Alcohol: Methods and Approaches
  • Use of the DSM-IV: Methods and Approaches
  • The Alcohol-related Problems Survey: Developing and
  • Testing a Screening Measure for Older Adults
  • The Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen: Methods and Application
  • Methods for Determining Blood Alcohol Concentration: Current and
  • Retrospective
  • Urinary Markers of Alcohol Consumption
  • Methods for Measuring Genetic Variations in ADH
  • and SLDH Loci: A Practical Approach
  • Histological Localization of Alcohol Dehydrogenase: Methods, Approaches and Applications
  • Assays for Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase: Methods, Approaches and Applications
  • Detecting ADH and ALDH Enzymes in Cells and Tissues using Western Blotting
  • Use of Selectively Bred Alcohol-preferring Rats to Study Alcohol
  • Abuse, Relapse and Craving
  • Animal Models of Chronic Alcohol-Induced Liver Damage
  • Acute Ethanol Dosing Regimens: Methods and Approaches
  • Use of Isolated Cells in the Study of Ethanol-Induced Hepatotoxicity
  • Animal Models of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Methods and Approaches
  • Genetically Engineered Animals in Alcohol Research
  • cDNA Arrays in Alcohol-Related Pathology: Methods and Approaches
  • Practical Methods for Determining mRNA Levels in Alcohol-Exposed
  • Tissues and Its Application to Experimental Pathology
  • Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Measurement of the Facial Dysmorphology
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Methods and Application to Alcohol Effects in the Liver
  • Index.
  • Part I. General aspects of alcohol toxicity, consumption, and disease
  • Part II. Damage/disease:
  • General aspects of pathology
  • Organ damage
  • Cells, pathways, interactions, processes
  • Part III. Selective methods used in alcohol research
  • Index.