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Article: The effect of binge drinking on the corpus callosum. (Medical Science and Health Poster Session 09:00 AM-10:00 AM).(Brief Article)
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- The Ohio Journal of Science
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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The corpus callosum is white matter that bridges the two brain hemispheres. Chronic male and female alcoholics show a decrease in the volume of the corpus callosum, which can lead to neuropsychological dysfunction. The hypothesis is that binge drinking, without chronic alcoholism, decreases the volume of women's corpus callosum. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study was performed on eight females who binge drank (consumed 3 or more drinks per session) at least once a week and eight control subjects who consumed less than one alcoholic beverage per month. All 16 participants were between the ages of 20 and 29. Those women who had experimented with hard ...