Frontal cortex gray matter volume alterations in pathological gambling occur independently from substance use disorder

Addiction Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 864-872

  Zois, Evangelos ^a   Kiefer, Falk ^a   Lemenager, Tagrid ^a   Vollstädt Klein, Sabine ^a   Mann, Karl ^a   Fauth Bühler, Mira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavioural addiction; gray matter; magnetic resonance imaging; pathological gambling; substance use comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMBLING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMBLING; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84955450597     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12368     Document Type: Article

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