Cortical and subcortical volumes in adolescents with alcohol dependence but without substance or psychiatric comorbidities

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Fein, George ^a   Greenstein, David ^a   Cardenas, Valerie A ^a   Cuzen, Natalie L ^c,d   Fouche, Jean Paul ^b,c   Ferrett, Helen ^c   Thomas, Keven ^d   Stein, Dan J ^b  

^a Neurobehavioral Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; South Africa; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; COMORBIDITY; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOUTH AFRICA; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883210308     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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