Abnormal gray matter and white matter volume in 'Internet gaming addicts'

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-143

  Lin, Xiao ^a   Dong, Guangheng ^a   Wang, Qiandong ^a   Du, Xiaoxia ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gray matter density; Internet addiction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Voxel based morphometry; White matter density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAME; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING ADDICTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRECUNEUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; ADDICTION; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPULSION; INTERNET; ORGAN SIZE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VIDEO GAMES; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907997431     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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