Cortical gray matter loss in treatment-naïve alcohol dependent individuals

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 558-564

  Fein, G ^a   Di Sclafani, V ^a   Cardenas, V A ^b   Goldmann, H ^c   Tolou Shams, M ^d   Meyerhoff, D J ^b,e  

^a Neurobehavioral Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic; Atrophy; Cortical; Frontal Lobe; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036120459     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02574.x     Document Type: Article

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