A voxel-based morphometry study comparing problem gamblers, alcohol abusers, and healthy controls

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 142-148

  van Holst, Ruth J ^a,b   de Ruiter, Michiel B ^a,b   van den Brink, Wim ^a,b   Veltman, Dick J ^a,b,c   Goudriaan, Anna E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol use disorder; Grey matter; Pathological gambling; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BILATERAL SUPERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GREY MATTER VOLUME; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRECENTRAL SULCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SMOKING; SUPERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; SUPRAMARGINAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84861913561     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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