In vivo mammillary body volume deficits in amnesic and nonamnesic alcoholics

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1629-1636

  Sullivan, Edith V ^a   Lane, B ^a   Deshmukh, A ^b   Rosenbloom, M J ^a   Desmond, J E ^a   Lim, K O ^a   Pfefferbaum, A ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Korsakoff Syndrome; Mammillary Body; Neuropathology; Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

EID: 0032746875     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04054.x     Document Type: Article

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