Frontal brain dysfunction in alcoholism with and without antisocial personality disorder

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 309-326

  Oscar Berman, Marlene ^a,b   Valmas, Mary M ^a,b   Sawyer, Kayle S ^a,b   Kirkley, Shalene M ^a   Gansler, David A ^c   Merritt, Diane ^a,b   Couture, Ashley ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD); Frontal brain system; Neuropsychological deficits; Reward system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 70449714190     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s4882     Document Type: Article

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