Frontal dysfunction in neurologically normal chronic alcoholic subjects: Metabolic and neuropsychological findings

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1039-1048

  Dao Castellana, M H ^a   Samson, Y ^b   Legault, F ^b   Martinot, J L ^b   Aubin, H J ^b   Crouzel, C ^b   Feldman, L ^b   Barrucand, D ^b   Rancurel, G ^b   Feline A ^b   Syrota, A ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VERBALIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031686389     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006849     Document Type: Article

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