Cortical thickness, surface area, and volume of the brain reward system in alcohol dependence: Relationships to relapse and extended abstinence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1187-1200

  Durazzo, Timothy C ^a,b   Tosun, Duygu ^b   Buckley, Shannon ^b   Gazdzinski, Stefan ^b   Mon, Anderson ^a,b   Fryer, Susanna L ^a,b   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Brain volume; Cortical thickness; Neuroimaging; Relapse; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REWARD SYSTEM; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REWARD; THICKNESS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; RECURRENCE; REWARD; TEMPERANCE;

BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 79956073538     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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