Focal brain matter differences associated with lifetime alcohol intake and visual attention in male but not in female non-alcohol-dependent drinkers

NeuroImage

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 536-545

  De Bruin, Eveline A ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^b   Schnack, Hugo G ^b   Janssen, Joost ^b   Bijl, Suzanne ^a   Evans, Alan C ^d   Kenemans, J Leon ^a,c   Kahn, René S ^b   Verbaten, Marinus N ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Current alcohol intake; Event related potentials; Gray matter; Lifetime alcohol intake; P3; Visual attention; Voxel based morphometry; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 19344365281     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.01.036     Document Type: Article

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