Euphoria from Drinking Alcoholic Beverages May Be Due to Reversible Constriction of Cerebral Blood Vessels: Potential Roles of Unrecognized Ionized Hypomagnesemia, and Release of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor

Authors

Burton M. Altura
Aimin Zhang
Nilank C. Shah, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (Middletown)Follow
Gatha J. Shah
Asefa Gebrewold
Bella T. Altura

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

The authors discuss the feeling of euphoria when drinking alcohol. They summarize studies that suggest this feeling is due to blood vessel constriction, and explain why they believe that the specific mechanism that results in euphoria is the rapid, reversible release o free magnesium ions ([Mg2+]) coupled to the release of ceramides and platelet-activating factor (PAF).

Recommended Citation

Altura, B. M., Zhang, A., Shah, N. C., Shah, G. J., Gebrewold, A., & Altura, B. T. (2016). Euphoria from drinking alcoholic beverages may be due to reversible constriction of cerebral blood vessels: Potential roles of unrecognized ionized hypomagnesemia, and release of ceramides and platelet-activating factor. Clinical Research Trials, 2(6), 242-245.

Publisher's Statement

Originally published in Clinical Research Trials, 2(6), 242-245. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. doi:10.15761/CRT.1000155