Widespread effects of alcohol on white matter microstructure

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2925-2933

  Fortier, Catherine B ^a,b   Leritz, Elizabeth C ^a,c,d   Salat, David H ^a,d   Lindemer, Emily ^a   Maksimovskiy, Arkadiy L ^a,e   Shepel, Juli ^a,d   Williams, Victoria ^a,d   Venne, Jonathan R ^a,b   Milberg, William P ^a,b   Mcglinchey, Regina E ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcoholism; Brain; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance; White Matter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL GYRUS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84924942795     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12568     Document Type: Article

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