Elevated myo-inositol in gray matter of recently detoxified but not long-term abstinent alcoholics: A preliminary MR spectroscopy study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 699-705

  Schweinsburg, Brian C ^a,b,c   Taylor, Michael J ^a,b   Videen, John S ^a,b   Alhassoon, Omar M ^a,b,c   Patterson, Thomas L ^a,b   Grant, Igor ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcoholism; Brain Recovery; Myo Inositol; Proton Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPEROSMOLARITY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0034034606     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02042.x     Document Type: Article

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