Analysis of hippocampal atrophy in alcoholic patients by a Kohonen feature map

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-371

  Kurth, Christoph ^a   Wegerer, Viola ^b   Reulbach, Udo ^c   Lewczuk, Piotr ^c   Kornhuber, Johannes ^c   Steinhoff, Bernhard J ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^c  

^a Epilepsy Centre Kork   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Chronic alcoholism; Hippocampal atrophy; Homocysteine; Kohonen feature map

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KOHONEN FEATURE MAP; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ATROPHY; AVITAMINOSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 1542350291     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200402090-00031     Document Type: Article

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