Impaired decision-making and brain shrinkage in alcoholism

European Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 125-133

  Le Berre, A P ^a,b,c,d   Rauchs, G ^a,b,c,d   La Joie, R ^a,b,c,d   Mezenge F ^a,b,c,d   Boudehent, C ^a,b,c,d   Vabret, F ^a,b,c,d   Segobin, S ^a,b,c,d   Viader, F ^a,b,c,d   Allain, P ^e   Eustache, F ^a,b,c,d   Pitel, A L ^a,b,c,d   Beaunieux, H ^a,b,c,d  

^a Centre Cyceron   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain morphology; Decision making; Frontal cortex; Hippocampal formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING IMPAIRMENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING IMPAIRMENT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; DEVICES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84896694907     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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