Altered impulse control in alcohol dependence: Neural measures of stop signal performance

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 740-750

  Li, Chiang Shan Ray ^a   Luo, Xi ^a,b   Yan, Peisi ^a,b   Bergquist, Keri ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Error Processing; Go nogo; Impulsivity; Response Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RISK-TAKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 63149087350     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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