Effects of abstinence on brain morphology in alcoholism : AAA MRI study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Wobrock, Thomas ^a   Falkai, Peter ^a   Schneider Axmann, Thomas ^a   Frommann, Nicole ^b   Wölwer, Wolfgang ^b   Gaebel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Lateral ventricle; MRI; Prefrontal lobe

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INPATIENTS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 65349171496     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-0846-3     Document Type: Article

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