The impact of acamprosate on cue reactivity in alcohol dependent individuals: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 661-665

  Langosch, Jens M ^a   Spiegelhalder, Kai ^a,b   Jahnke, Kolja ^a   Feige, Bernd ^a   Regen, Wolfram ^a   Kiemen, Andrea ^a   Hennig, Jürgen ^a   Olbrich, Hans M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Bethanien Hospital for Psychiatry   (Germany)

^c Rhein Jura Hospital for Psychiatry Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

acamprosate; alcohol dependence; cue reactivity; fMRI; posterior cingulate cortex

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CUES; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TAURINE;

EID: 84865861100     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e318267b586     Document Type: Article

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