%0 Journal Article
%T Binge Drinking Effects on EEG in Young Adult Humans
%A Kelly E. Courtney
%A John Polich
%J International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ijerph7052325
%X Young adult (N = 96) university students who varied in their binge drinking history were assessed by electroencephalography (EEG) recording during passive viewing. Groups consisted of male and female non-binge drinkers (>1 to 5/4 drinks/ounces in under two hours), low-binge drinkers (5/4¨C7/6 drinks/ounces in under two hours), and high-binge drinkers (¡Ý 10 drinks/ounces in under two hours), who had been drinking alcohol at their respective levels for an average of 3 years. The non- and low-binge drinkers exhibited less spectral power than the high-binge drinkers in the delta (0¨C4 Hz) and fast-beta (20¨C35 Hz) bands. Binge drinking appears to be associated with a specific pattern of brain electrical activity in young adults that may reflect the future development of alcoholism.
%K binge drinking
%K CNS
%K EEG
%K young adults
%K undergraduates
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/7/5/2325