Metabolic abnormalities in lobar and subcortical brain regions of abstinent polysubstance users: Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 543-551

  Abé, Christoph ^a,b   Mon, Anderson ^a,b   Hoefer, Michael E ^a,b   Durazzo, Timothy C ^a,b   Pennington, David L ^a,b   Schmidt, Thomas P ^a,b   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LENTICULAR NUCLEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLYSUBSTANCE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FRONTAL LOBE; SUBSTANCE USE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883017070     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt056     Document Type: Article

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