Impact of alcohol consumption in healthy adults: A magnetic resonance imaging investigation

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 96-103

  Preti, Antonio ^a,b   Muscio, Cristina ^b   Boccardi, Marina ^b   Lorenzi, Marco ^b   de Girolamo, Giovanni ^b   Frisoni, Giovanni ^b  

^a Genneruxi Medical Center   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Brain volumes; MRI; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CANNABIS USE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE USE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; AGED; BRAIN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908008001     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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