The neurobiology of alcohol craving and relapse

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 355-368

  Seo, Dongju ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol craving; Amygdala; Decision making; Emotion regulation; Prefrontal cortex; Relapse; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; CRAVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; CRAVING; CUES; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECURRENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907995968     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: 22124152     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62619-6.00021-5     Document Type: Chapter

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