来自加州La Jolla Scripps研究院的Robert H_Purdy博上及其同事在2003年1月出版的《酒精中毒的临床和实验研究》上发表文章称,酒精可以使大脑和血中的睾酮水平激增。 由于男性容易发生酒精中毒,酒精对睾酮的影响一直以来都被人们关注。酒精与暴力的关系、酗酒与男性性功能障碍的关系都说明睾酮可能参与作用。通常酒精会轻度降低血液中睾酮水平,损害生殖功能。但最近在绝经后妇 Robert H_Purdy, from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., And colleagues published an article in the January 2003 issue of “Clinical and Experimental Studies of Alcoholism,” in which alcohol boosts testosterone levels in the brain and blood. Because men are prone to alcoholism, the impact of alcohol on testosterone has long been of concern. The relationship between alcohol and violence, the relationship between alcohol abuse and male sexual dysfunction indicate that testosterone may be involved. Usually alcohol will slightly lower the level of testosterone in the blood and impair reproductive function. But recently in postmenopausal women