The heart and vascular system are susceptible to the harmful effects of alcohol. Alcohol is an
active toxin that undergoes widespread diffusion throughout the body, causing multiple …

Ethanol (EtOH) in alcoholic beverages is consumed by a large number of individuals and its
elimination is primarily by oxidation. The role of nitric oxide (NO) in EtOH's effects is …

Vasodilator substances liberated from endothelial cells, mainly nitric oxide (NO), play
important roles in physiologically regulating blood flow and blood pressure and preventing …

Moderate ethanol consumption is known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases;
however, chronic high dose ethanol ingestion causes cardiovascular injuries including …

Several review articles have been published on the neurobehavioral actions of
acetaldehyde and other ethanol metabolites as well as in major alcohol-related disorders …

The effects of a red wine polyphenolic extract (RWPE), ethanol, or both combined were
evaluated in insulin resistant rats. Rats were fed for 6 weeks with fructose (60%)-enriched …

Aims To investigate the dose–response relationships between alcohol and intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH), the impact of alcohol on the outcome of ICH and possible mechanisms …

Previous reports from our laboratory have shown that ethanol elicits hypotension in female
but not in male rats and that this effect of ethanol is estrogen dependent (El-Mass MM and …

At-risk alcohol use is a significant risk factor associated with multisystemic
pathophysiological effects leading to multiorgan injury and contributing to 5.3% of all deaths …

Cerebral hypoxia has been proposed as a mechanism by which prenatal ethanol exposure
causes fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in children, but no study had tested this …