Neurosci Lett. 1999 Jun 18;268(2):57-60

Post-withdrawal changes in middle-latency auditory evoked potentials in abstinent human alcoholics

Ahveninen J, Jääskeläinen IP, Pekkonen E, Hallberg A, Hietanen M, Näätänen R, Sillanaukee P.

Abstract

We investigated the effects of chronic alcoholism on middle-latency auditory evoked potentials (MAEP) in 14 male alcoholics with 1-6 weeks of abstinence (without other severe disorders) and 13 age-matched male social-drinker controls. The peak amplitude of a positive deflection (Pa) of the MAEP, peaking at about 30 ms post-stimulus, was significantly larger in the alcoholics than in the controls (P

PMID: 10400077