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Electrolyte Content of the Brain in Alcoholism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David Murray Shaw ,
Francis E. Camps ,
Ann E. Robinson ,
Richard Short  and
Stuart White
David Murray Shaw
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Carshalton, and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Francis E. Camps
Affiliation:
The London Hospital Medical College, London, E.I
Ann E. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine, The London Hospital Medical College, London, E. I
Richard Short
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Carshalton, and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Stuart White
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Carshalton, and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
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The results from a small series of persons suffering from alcoholism suggested that the amounts of water and electrolytes in their brains (obtained post mortem) differed from those of control and depressed individuals (Shaw, Frizel, Camps and White, 1969). Since publishing this work we have analysed brain tissue from a further series of alcoholic subjects, and in this paper we compare these findings with the original data from control and depressed groups.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 531 , February 1970 , pp. 185 - 193
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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