A study of the relationship of equilibrium function and the cerebrum blood flow with alcohol intake

The severity of alcohol-related impairment increases in proportion to alcohol intake. The centrostaltic cerebrum is suppressed with increased alcohol intake, with symptoms including staggering gait and motility disturbance. In this study, we focused on the deterioration of equilibrium function with the above-mentioned suppression under the influence of alcohol. We herein compared the time course of stabilometry with that of cerebrum blood flow by using fNIRS. We thus considered that equilibrium dysfunction would occur with alcohol ingestion due to inactivation of the cerebrum.