Magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of alcoholism: From heavy drinking to alcohol dependence and back again

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 150-158

  Mason, Graeme F ^a,b,g   Bendszus, Martin ^b   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^c,d   Hetherington, Hoby P ^e   Schweinsburg, Brian ^f,g   Ross, Brian D ^h   Taylor, Michael J ^f,g   Krystal, John H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain; Choline; GABA; Glutamate; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; N Acetylaspartate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROMOLECULE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 12344277422     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000150010.72739.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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