Callosal White Matter Microstructural Recovery in Abstinent Alcoholics: A Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1922-1931

  Alhassoon, Omar M ^a,b   Sorg, Scott F ^a,c,d   Taylor, Michael J ^a,c,d   Stephan, Rick A ^b   Schweinsburg, Brian C ^e   Stricker, Nikki H ^f   Gongvatana, Assawin ^g   Grant, Igor ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcohol Dependence; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Tract Based Spatial Statistics; White Matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868209641     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01808.x     Document Type: Article

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