Effects of Heavy Drinking, Binge Drinking, and Family History of Alcoholism on Regional Brain Metabolites

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 650-661

  Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,c   Blumenfeld, R ^c   Truran, D ^c   Lindgren, J ^c   Flenniken, D ^c   Cardenas, V ^a,c   Chao, L L ^a,c   Rothlind, J ^b,c   Studholme, C ^a,c   Weiner, M W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Binge Drinking; Brain; Family History; Magnetic Resonance; Social Drinking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 11144358330     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000121805.12350.CA     Document Type: Article

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