Loss of control of alcohol use and severity of alcohol dependence in non-treatment-seeking heavy drinkers are related to lower glutamate in frontal white matter

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1643-1649

  Ende, Gabriele ^a   Hermann, Derik ^a   Demirakca, Traute ^a   Hoerst, Mareen ^a   Tunc Skarka, Nuran ^a   Weber Fahr, Wolfgang ^a   Wichert, Svenja ^a   Rabinstein, Juri ^a   Frischknecht, Ulrich ^a   Mann, Karl ^a   Vollstädt Klein, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Choline Containing Compounds; Frontal White Matter; Glutamate; Heavy Drinking; Loss of Control

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; CHOLINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS; FRONTAL WHITE MATTER; GLUTAMATE; HEAVY DRINKING; LOSS OF CONTROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84884979326     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12149     Document Type: Article

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