Smaller right amygdala in Caucasian alcohol-dependent male patients with a history of intimate partner violence: A volumetric imaging study

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-547

  Zhang, Lishu ^a   Kerich, Mike ^a   Schwandt, Melanie L ^a   Rawlings, Robert R ^a   McKellar, Joshua D ^a   Momenan, Reza ^a   Hommer, Daniel W ^a   George, David T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; alcohol; amygdala; domestic violence; imaging; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCORTEX; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876133622     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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