Effects of alcoholism and continued abstinence on brain volumes in both genders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1678-1685

  Demirakca, Traute ^a   Ende, Gabriele ^a   Kämmerer, Nina ^a   Welzel Marquez, Helga ^a   Hermann, Derik ^a   Heinz, Andreas ^a,b   Mann, Karl ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Gender; Gray matter; Structural MRI; Voxel based morphometry; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 80052034894     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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