SynthesisCurrent neuropharmacology2025
Effects of Alcohol on EEG Activity: A Systematic Review Focused on Sex-Related Differences in Youth.
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- Corrigendum to: "Effects of Alcohol on EEG Activity: A Systematic Review Focused on Sex-Related Differences in Youth".Current neuropharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Leveraging pretrained vision transformers for classifying alcohol use disorder using raw resting-state EEG.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Neurophysiological Evidence of Visual Cortical Alterations in Mild Primary Glaucoma: A Resting-State EEG Microstate Study.Brain topography · 2026Article
- Leveraging Pretrained Vision Transformers for classifying Alcohol Use Disorder using Raw Resting-State EEG.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundMost electroencephalographic (EEG) investigations on alcohol have focused on adults, and scarce data is available about the potential of EEG measurements to detect young people at high-risk, as well as, to understand possible sex differences in alcohol impact on the brain.
objectiveThis systematic review aimed to explore sex-related differences in EEG among young people with alcohol misuse, alcohol use disorder (AUD), and offspring of families with AUD.
methodsA systematic review of the literature was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. Review protocol was registered in Prospero (ID: CRD42024511471). After article selection process and quality assessment, 25 studies were included in our review. The search included participants between 12 and 30 years old with problematic alcohol consumption, as defined by DSM, AUDIT, or specific alcohol misuse questionnaires.
resultsIt seems that beta was generally higher in young males with AUD, and they usually exhibited greater interhemispheric connectivity (interHC), whereas young females with AUD tended towards enhanced intraHC. P3 appears to be particularly sensitive to alcohol misuse, with males typically exhibiting a lower amplitude than young females. Other event related potentials (ERPs) such as N415, P640, and the error-related negativity (ERN) lacked sufficient methodological support to draw conclusions regarding sex differences, N340 and P540 suggested avenues for expanding research on memory processing, indicating differences in amplitude between males and females.
conclusionConsidering sex variables in clinical research will enhance our understanding of alterations in brain function and structure with the goal of tailoring treatment strategies for AUD.
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