[Neurologic effects of alcoholism].

The alcoholism is no hereditary but genetic factors can be involved and racial differences in alcohol susceptibility depend on break down rate of ethanol. The alcohol adaptation and tolerance and physical dependence appearance with symptoms and signs display after abstinence on people suffers with chronic intoxication, it would be related to changes caused by alcohol over molecules of neuronal membranes, especially proteins and receptors. An account is achieved about the various neurologic manifestations related to alcoholism, nutritional in origin or unknown pathogenesis. The results obtained looking over the admission along 1988 in Neurological Service ("La Paz" Hospital) allowed to take into account three groups of alcoholic patients (miscellaneous, abstinence syndrome-encephalopathy-dementia-neuropathy, and stroke). It is analysed the results and it is afforded some conclusions about.