Hypoperfusion of inferior frontal brain regions in abstinent alcoholics: A pilot SPECT study

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-37

  Gansler, David A ^g   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Oscar Berman, Marlene ^b,c   Streeter, Chris ^c,d   Lewis, Robert F ^a   Ahmed, Iqbal ^e   Achong, Dwight ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dept Vet Aff New England H   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033987179     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.32     Document Type: Article

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