Global-local interference is related to callosal compromise in alcoholism: A behavior-DTI association study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Müller Oehring, Eva M ^a,b   Schulte, Tilman ^b   Fama, Rosemary ^b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b   Sullivan, Edith V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Corpus Callosum; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Global; Local; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60649114760     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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