Why we like to drink: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the rewarding and anxiolytic effects of alcohol

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4583-4591

  Gilman, Jodi M ^a,b   Ramchandani, Vijay A ^a   Davis, Megan B ^a   Bjork, James M ^a   Hommer, Daniel W ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Amygdala; Nucleus accumbens; Reward; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD;

EID: 44649095315     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0086-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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