Alcohol and the human brain: A systematic review of different neuroimaging methods

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1771-1793

  Bühler, Mira ^a   Mann, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Computed tomography; Dependence; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance; Functional; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Structural

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; AMISULPRIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARFENTANIL C 11; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN C 11; NALTREXONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ASSOCIATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION BASED MORPHOMETRY; DETOXIFICATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDLINE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCINFO; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053255525     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01540.x     Document Type: Review

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