Brain volumes and neuropsychological performance are related to current smoking and alcoholism history

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 1767-1784

  Luhar, Riya B ^a,b   Sawyer, Kayle S ^a,b   Gravitz, Zoe ^a,b   Ruiz, Susan Mosher ^a,b   Oscar Berman, Marlene ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Morphometry; MRI; Neuropsychology; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERSONALITY; SENSATION SEEKING; SMOKING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84887640870     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S52298     Document Type: Article

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