Neurometabolite concentration and clinical features of chronic alcohol use: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-147

  Yeo, Ronald A ^a,b   Thoma, Robert J ^a,b   Gasparovic, Charles ^a,b   Monnig, Mollie ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^b   Calhoun, Vince D ^c,e   Kalyanam, Ravi ^b   Mayer, Andrew R ^a,b   Durazzo, Timothy C ^d   Hutchison, Kent E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Choline; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; NAA

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DRUG METABOLITE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ASPARTIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PHOSPHOCREATINE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84873420070     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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