Brain activation elicited by affectively positive stimuli is associated with a lower risk of relapse in detoxified alcoholic subjects

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1138-1147

  Heinz, Andreas ^a,b   Wrase, Jana ^a   Kahnt, Thorsten ^a   Beck, Anne ^a   Bromand, Zohra ^a   Grüsser, Sabine M ^a   Kienast, Thorsten ^a   Smolka, Michael N ^b,c   Flor, Herta ^b   Mann, Karl ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; fMRI; International Affective Picture System; Positive and Negative Emotion; Relapse Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250614220     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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