The gut in the brain: the effects of bariatric surgery on alcohol consumption

Addiction Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1540-1553

  Blackburn, Ashley N ^a   Hajnal, Andras ^b   Leggio, Lorenzo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcohol use disorder; bariatric surgery; gastric banding; gut liver brain axis; Roux en Y gastric bypass; sleeve gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BRAIN; HUMANS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84992197888     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12436     Document Type: Review

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