Negative and interactive effects of sex, aging, and alcohol abuse on gray matter morphometry

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2276-2292

  Thayer, Rachel E ^a   Hagerty, Sarah L ^a   Sabbineni, Amithrupa ^a   Claus, Eric D ^b   Hutchison, Kent E ^a   Weiland, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol use disorder; Neuroimaging; Sex differences; Surface based morphometry; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDIT SCORE; BRAIN SIZE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE BASED MORPHOMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960194406     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23172     Document Type: Article

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