Rapid Partial Regeneration of Brain Volume During the First 14 Days of Abstinence from Alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-74

  van Eijk, Julia ^a   Demirakca, Traute ^a   Frischknecht, Ulrich ^a   Hermann, Derik ^a   Mann, Karl ^a   Ende, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Gray matter; Structural MRI; Voxel Based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REGENERATION;

EID: 84871962690     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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