Gender differences in acute psychomotor, cognitive, and pharmacokinetic response to alcohol

Niaura, Raymond; Nathan, Peter E.; Frankenstein, William; Shapiro, Allan P.; Brick, John

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(87)90048-7

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“…The latter subjective report is consistent with other findings indicating that women may suffer greater acute and chronic cognitive impairment from alcohol consumption (cf. Acker, 1986;Niaura, Nathan, Frankenstein, Shapiro, & Brick, 1987). Women, as compared with men in this sample of problem drinkers, reported that their spouses were less likely to perceive them as alcoholics, perhaps a reflection of greater societal reluctance to apply this diagnostic label to women (cf.…”

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Gender and patterns of alcohol problems: Pretreatment responses of women and men to the comprehensive drinker profile

Miller¹,

Cervantes²

1997

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Gender differences were analyzed in a sample of 233 (83 women, 150 men) problem drinkers treated at the same clinic. Demographic and family history measures showed few gender differences. Men reported more alcohol consumption than did women, but patterns of drinking and intoxication levels were similar. Males reported drinking and intoxication at an earlier age, more beer and less wine drinking and more drinking away from home and driving after drinking. Women reported more negative emotional effects of drinking and more spouses with alcohol problems. Despite similar problem duration, men showed more lifetime alcohol problems but not dependence signs. Men were more likely to accept a disease concept of alcoholism. Rates of smoking, other drug use, and other life problems were similar.

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Gender and patterns of alcohol problems: Pretreatment responses of women and men to the comprehensive drinker profile

Miller¹,

Cervantes²

1997

J. Clin. Psychol.

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“…We are not aware of research that has examined this. Pharmacokinetic factors, such as metabolism, have been associated with sex differences in response to psychotropic medications including benzodiazepines and antipsychotics, as well as alcohol (Lex, 1991;Mumenthaler et al, 1999;Niaura et al, 1987;Pollock, 1997;Yonkers et al, 1992).…”

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Are there sex differences associated with the effects of ecstasy/3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)?

Allott

Redman

2007

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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“…Niaura et al (1987) reported no gender differences in rotary pursuit task performance under alcohol conditions. Their study, however, featured only a single administration of a much lower dose (0.65 g/kg) of alcohol, and it used female subjects who drank slightly (but nonsignificantly) more than males.…”

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Effects of Alcohol on Rotary Pursuit Performance: A Gender Comparison

Dougherty¹,

Bjork

Bennett

1998

Psychol Rec

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For 6 days, 10 male and 10 female social drinkers performed a rotary pursuit task six times across each day under both placebo and alcohol-intoxicated conditions. Following a training period, O.35g/kg of alcohol or placebo beverages were administered 45 min before the second, third, and fourth sessions each day. In general, alcohol impaired the rotary pursuit performance of women more than that of men despite similar peak BAC levels. Results suggest no evidence of acute tolerance, evidenced by similar performance on the ascending and descending limbs of the BAC curve. However, results suggest that across the two alcohol administration days, men tended to develop some tolerance to the deleterious effect of alcohol on performance, whereas women became more sensitive to the effect of alcohol on performance. These results indicate that there may be gender differences in the effects of repeated alcohol administration on motor performance.Survey of the existing literature reporting the effects of alcohol on psychomotor and cognitive skills illustrates a substantial deficit in research using women as subjects compared to men. Lex (1991) suggested that this neglect has been primarily a function of widely held erroneous beliefs that sociocultural factors protect females from developing alcohol abuse and that alcohol abuse is similar in men and women. Research, however, indicates that age of onset, development and symptoms of alcoholism, and detrimental physiological effects are different for men and women. This underscores an increased need for research investigating the physiological and behavioral effects of alcohol in women

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Gender differences in acute psychomotor, cognitive, and pharmacokinetic response to alcohol

Cited by 64 publications

References 20 publications

Gender and patterns of alcohol problems: Pretreatment responses of women and men to the comprehensive drinker profile

Gender and patterns of alcohol problems: Pretreatment responses of women and men to the comprehensive drinker profile

Are there sex differences associated with the effects of ecstasy/3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)?

Effects of Alcohol on Rotary Pursuit Performance: A Gender Comparison

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