Parental Alcohol Use and Brain Volumes in Early- and Late-Onset Alcoholics

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-615

  Gilman, Jodi M ^a   Bjork, James M ^a   Hommer, Daniel W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; brain volumes; family history; intracranial volume; IQ; magnetic resonance imaging; neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548173520     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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