Alcoholism damages the brain, but does moderate alcohol use?

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-144

  Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1242338915     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(04)00676-3     Document Type: Letter

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