Are treated alcoholics representative of the entire population with alcohol use disorders? A magnetic resonance study of brain injury

Alcohol

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Gazdzinski, Stefan ^a   Durazzo, Timothy C ^a,b   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b,c   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Brain; MR spectroscopy; Structural MRI; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 40749091145     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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