Drinking History Associations with Regional White Matter Volumes in Alcoholic Men and Women

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-122

  Ruiz, Susan Mosher ^a,b   Oscar Berman, Marlene ^b,c,d   Sawyer, Kayle S ^b,c   Valmas, Mary M ^b,c   Urban, Trinity ^d   Harris, Gordon J ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Corpus callosum; Gender; Volumetric MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871974090     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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