Male and female sensitivity to alcohol-induced brain damage

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Hommer, Daniel W ^a  

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

Author keywords

AOD sensitivity; AODR (alcohol and other drug related) structural brain damage; AODR biological markers; Brain imaging; Cerebral cortex; Cerebrospinal fluid; Corpus callosum; Gender differences; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; AGE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 4143154158     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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