Thalamic hypofunction in alcohol hallucinosis: FDG PET findings

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-262

  Soyka, Michael ^a   Koch, Walter ^a   Tatsch, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol induced psychotic disorder with hallucinatory features; Alcoholism; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ALCOHOL HALLUCINOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALAMUS;

EID: 23644441750     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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