Body mass index is associated with brain metabolite levels in alcohol dependence-a multimodal magnetic resonance study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2089-2096

  Gazdzinski, Stefan ^a,b   Durazzo, Timothy C ^a,c   Mon, Anderson ^a,c   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Body Mass Index; Brain Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; CREATININE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BODY MASS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ASPARTIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; HUMANS; INOSITOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOCREATINE; SMOKING;

EID: 78649605762     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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