[Qualitative and quantitative characteristics of structures of cerebral cortex structure in young people under conditions of chronic alcohol intoxication].

Objective: To study morphological changes of cerebral cortex in young people under the conditions of chronic alcohol intoxication (CAI).

Material And Methods: Morphometric examination of cerebral cortex fragments obtained from 28 persons who died with a CAI diagnosis (average age was 38 years), and 25 subjects who died from other causes, which are not associated with alcohol consumption (average age was 39 years), was carried out.

Results: It was shown that neurons of pathological shapes, including hypo- and hyperchromic, pyknotic and «shadow-like», were dominant in group of CAI.