Nerve accommodation in chronic alcoholic subjects.

Chronaxie, rheobase, conduction velocity and nerve accommodation of 50 alcoholic subjects were studied by applying rectangular and exponentially rising currents to the median nerve. A statistically significant decrease in nerve accommodation indexes and a change in the slope of the accommodation curve were found. The results show that nerve accommodation is more sensitive than other excitability parameters and should be used in the diagnosis and prognosis of alcoholic neuropathies.