Disruption of frontocerebellar circuitry and function in alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-309

  Sullivan, Edith V ^a   Harding, Antony J ^b   Pentney, Roberta ^c   Dlugos, Cynthia ^c   Martin, Peter R ^d   Parks, Mitchell H ^d   Desmond, John E ^a   Chen, S H Annabel ^a   Pryor, Michelle R ^a   De Rosa, Eve ^a   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain; Cerebellar damage; Neuroimaging study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PURKINJE CELLS;

ANIMALIA; CYNTHIA; ROSA;

EID: 0037329462     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000052584.05305.98     Document Type: Conference Paper

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