Nucleus accumbens volume is associated with frequency of alcohol use among juvenile justice-involved adolescents

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-618

  Thayer, Rachel E ^a   Crotwell, Shirley M ^b   Callahan, Tiffany J ^a   Hutchison, Kent E ^a   Bryan, Angela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; Juvenile justice; Nucleus accumbens; Orbitofrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CANNABIS; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

EID: 84887661597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2040605     Document Type: Article

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