creators_name: O'Mahony, John F
editors_name: Miller, Peter M
type: journalp
datestamp: 2005-06-19
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:04
metadata_visibility: show
title: Cognitive Performance and Liver Function among Recently Abstinent Alcohol Abusers
ispublished: pub
subjects: neuro-psy
subjects: neuro-psych
full_text_status: public
keywords: Cognitive impairment; liver function; alcohol abuse
abstract: It has frequently been suggested that some of the enduring subtle cognitive impairments seen in sober alcohol-dependent persons may be a result of sub-clinical liver dysfunction. Cognitive performance and liver function among 85 recently abstinent alcohol-dependent persons were assessed by means of a neuropsychological examination and the GGT test of liver function. Unlike some previous studies, no relationships were found between the two areas of functioning. It is argued that lack of statistical power did not account for the failure to find an association between the two domains. The proposition that residual cognitive impairment in abstinent alcoholic persons is (partly) mediated by earlier liver dysfunction rests on slight empirical foundations and remains speculative.
date: 2005
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Addictive Behaviors
volume: 30
number: 2
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 369-373
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   O'Mahony, Dr John F  (2005) Cognitive Performance and Liver Function among Recently Abstinent Alcohol Abusers.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4387/1/Cognitive_performance_and_liver_function_among_recently_abstinent_alcohol_abusers2005.pdf