Alcohol and Alcoholism -- Table of Contents Alert A new issue of Alcohol and Alcoholism has been made available: November 2006; Vol. 41, No. 6 URL: http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol41/issue6/index.dtl?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED COMMENTARIES ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE J-SHAPED CURVE JENNIE CONNOR Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 583-584. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/583?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY ----------------------------------------------------------------- CARDIAC OVEREXPRESSION OF METALLOTHIONEIN RESCUES CHRONIC ALCOHOL INTAKE-INDUCED CARDIOMYOCYTE DYSFUNCTION: ROLE OF AKT, MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN AND RIBOSOMAL P70S6 KINASE QUN LI and JUN REN Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 585-592. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/585?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- PHARMACOLOGY AND CELL METABOLISM ----------------------------------------------------------------- LIPID PEROXIDATION AND SERUM CYTOKINES IN ACUTE ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS M. J. SANCHEZ PEREZ, EMILIO GONZALEZ-REIMERS, FRANCISCO SANTOLARIA-FERNANDEZ, MARIA JOSE DE LA VEGA-PRIETO, ANTONIO MARTINEZ-RIERA, PEDRO ABREU GONZALEZ, EVA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, and M. CARMEN DURAN-CASTELLON Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 593-597. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/593?etoc THE TOTAL BODY MASS OF FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS IN SKELETAL MUSCLES FOLLOWING ETHANOL EXPOSURE GREATLY EXCEEDS THAT FOUND IN THE LIVER AND THE HEART RANEEM O. SALEM, MICHAEL LAPOSATA, RAJKUMAR RAJENDRAM, JOANNE E. CLUETTE-BROWN, and VICTOR R. PREEDY Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 598-603. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/598?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS ----------------------------------------------------------------- DIAZEPAM DOSE-DEPENDENTLY INCREASES OR DECREASES IMPLICIT PRIMING OF ALCOHOL ASSOCIATIONS IN PROBLEM DRINKERS MARTIN ZACK, CONSTANTINE X. POULOS, and TRACY M. WOODFORD Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 604-610. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/604?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- ASSESSMENT AND DETECTION ----------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENT OF A RATING SCALE TO PREDICT THE SEVERITY OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME TILMAN WETTERLING, BERNHARD WEBER, MARKUS DEPFENHART, BARBARA SCHNEIDER, and KLAUS JUNGHANNS Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 611-615. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/611?etoc ASSESSING MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE IN SUBJECTS WITH ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: THE MAC2-A QUESTIONNAIRE VALTER SPILLER, VALERIA ZAVAN, and GIAN PAOLO GUELFI Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 616-623. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/616?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- TREATMENT ----------------------------------------------------------------- BRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR AT-RISK DRINKING: PATIENT OUTCOMES AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS THOMAS F. BABOR, JOHN C. HIGGINS-BIDDLE, DEBORAH DAUSER, JOSEPH A. BURLESON, GARY A. ZARKIN, and JEREMY BRAY Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 624-631. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/624?etoc EXAMINING TREATMENT USE AMONG ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS FROM A POPULATION PERSPECTIVE JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM and JAN BLOMQVIST Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 632-635. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/632?etoc TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLIC POLYNEUROPATHY WITH VITAMIN B COMPLEX: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL T. J. PETERS, J. KOTOWICZ, W. NYKA, W. KOZUBSKI, V. KUZNETSOV, F. VANDERBIST, S. DE NIET, D. MARCEREUIL, and M. COFFINER Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 636-642. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/636?etoc THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TAILORED INTERVENTION FOR EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION PRIOR TO ELECTIVE SURGERY SWATI SHOURIE, KATHERINE M. CONIGRAVE, ELIZABETH M. PROUDE, JEANETTE E. WARD, SONIA E. WUTZKE, and PAUL S. HABER Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 643-649. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/643?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION ----------------------------------------------------------------- DRINKING HISTORIES OF SELF-IDENTIFIED LIFETIME ABSTAINERS AND OCCASIONAL DRINKERS: FINDINGS FROM THE 1958 BRITISH BIRTH COHORT STUDY T. M. CALDWELL, B. RODGERS, C. POWER, C. CLARK, and S. A. STANSFELD Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 650-654. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/650?etoc AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARENTS WITH ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL H. HANSSON, J. RUNDBERG, U. ZETTERLIND, K.O. JOHNSSON, and M. BERGLUND Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 655-663. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/655?etoc AVERAGE VOLUME OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED, TYPE OF BEVERAGE, DRINKING PATTERN AND THE RISK OF DEATH FROM ALL CAUSES LAURA BAGLIETTO, DALLAS R. ENGLISH, JOHN L. HOPPER, JOHN POWLES, and GRAHAM G. GILES Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 664-671. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/664?etoc INFLUENCE OF DRINKING ALCOHOL ON ATHEROSCLEROTIC RISK IN ALCOHOL FLUSHERS AND NON-FLUSHERS OF ORIENTAL PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS I. WAKABAYASHI and H. MASUDA Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 672-677. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/672?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- CASE REPORT ----------------------------------------------------------------- MULTIPLE CEREBRAL METASTASES MIMICKING WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC OZGUR YALDIZLI, FRIEDRICH M. WURST, SEBASTIAN EULER, BERENIKA WILLI, and GERHARD WIESBECK Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 678-680. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/6/678?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- BOOK REVIEWS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Treatment Approaches for Alcohol and Drug Dependence. An Introductory Guide. By Tracey J. Jarvis, Jenny Tebbutt, Richard P. Mattick and Fiona Shand, 2nd edn. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, 2005. {pound}29.95. 324pgs. ISBN 0 470 09039 1 ANDREW D. T. ROBINSON Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 681. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/681?etoc Alcohol and Crime. By Gavin Dingwall. Willan, Cullompton, 2005. {pound}35. 232pgs. ISBN 1 84392 167 7. ALEX PATON Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 681-682. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/681-a?etoc Smashed--Growing Up a Drunk Girl. By Koren Zailckas. Ebury Press, UK, 2005. {pound}12.99. ISBN 0 091 90559 1. NICOLA JACKSON Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 682. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/682?etoc Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You. By W. R. Miller and R. F. Munoz. Guilford Press, New York, 2005. {pound}14. 225pgs, sb. ISBN 1 5720 903 2. SPENCER MADDEN Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 682-683. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/682-a?etoc Altering American Consciousness. The History of Alcohol and Drug Use in the United States 1800-2000. Edited by Sarah W. Tracy and Caroline Jean Acker. University of Massachusetts Press, 2004. {pound}17. 448pgs. ISBN 1 55849 425 1 BRIAN D. HORE Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 41: 683. http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/683?etoc Preventing Harmful Substance Use--The Evidence Base for Policy & Practice. Edited by Tim Stockwell, Paul Gruenewald, John Toumbourou and Wendy Loxley. Wiley, UK, 2005. {pound}29.99. 494pgs. ISBN 0470092289. 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