Recovery of hippocampus-related functions in chronic alcoholics during monitored long-term abstinence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-102

  Bartels, Claudia ^a   Kunert, Hanns Jürgen ^a   Stawicki, Sabina ^a   Kröner Herwig, Birgit ^b   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^a   Krampe, Henning ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

LANGAT VIRUS;

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 34347230915     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl104     Document Type: Article

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