Decreased neural activity in reward circuitry during personal reference in abstinent alcoholics-A fMRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1691-1704

  De Greck, Moritz ^a   Supady, Alexander ^a   Thiemann, Rene ^a   Tempelmann, Claus ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^a   Forschner, Lukas ^b   Ploetz, Klaus V ^b   Northoff, Georg ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Dependence and Addiction Alte Oelmuehle/Magdburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcoholism; Brain imaging; FMRI; Personal reference; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 63149180288     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20634     Document Type: Article

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