Functional neuroimaging of cortical dysfunction in alcoholic Korsakoff's syndrome

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-293

  Paller, Ken A ^a   Acharya, Ananth ^b   Richardson, Brian C ^b   Plaisant, Odile ^c   Shimamura, Arthur P ^c   Reed, Brace R ^b   Jagust, William J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGING; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0030899907     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.2.277     Document Type: Article

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