Effects of Alcohol and Acetate on Cerebral Blood Flow: A Pilot Study.
Jody TanabeDorothy J YamamotoBrianne SuttonMark S BrownPaula L HoffmanEllen L BurnhamDeborah H GlueckBoris TabakoffPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2019)
Increased thalamic CBF associated with either alcohol or acetate administration suggests that the thalamic CBF response after alcohol could be mediated by acetate. Compared to other brain regions, thalamus may differ in its ability to metabolize acetate or expression of receptors responsive to acetate. Increased prefrontal and limbic CBF associated with alcohol may be linked to alcohol's behavioral effects.