Brain alcohol detectability increase with repeated administration in humans: A proton spectroscopy study

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 435-440

  Kaufman, Marc J ^a   Chiu, Tak Ming ^a   Mendelson, Jack H ^a,b   Woods, Bryan T ^a,c   Teoh, Siew K ^a   Erös Sarnyai, Monika ^a   Mercer, Greg ^a   Mello, Nancy K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; brain; drug tolerance; magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS; BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; DETECTABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN SUBJECTS; INTERNAL STANDARDS; PROTON MRS; SUBJECTIVE RATING;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0030030079     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350323     Document Type: Article

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