Diffusion tensor tractography in mesencephalic bundles: Relation to mental flexibility in detoxified alcohol-dependent subjects

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1223-1232

  Chanraud, Sandra ^a,b,c,g   Reynaud, Michel ^d   Wessa, Michèle ^a,b,c,g   Penttilä, Jani ^a,b,c,g   Kostogianni, Nikoleta ^e   Cachia, Arnaud ^a,b,c,g   Artiges, Eric ^a,b,c,g   Delain, Françoise ^d   Perrin, Murielle ^f   Aubin, Henri Jean ^e   Cointepas, Yann ^f   Martelli, Catherine ^d   Martinot, Jean Luc ^a,b,c,g  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f DIF   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brain stem; Cognition; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Pons; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 62349114563     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.101     Document Type: Article

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