Risk-taking on tests sensitive to ventromedial prefrontal cortex dysfunction predicts early relapse in alcohol dependency: A pilot study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 417-420

  Bowden Jones, Henrietta ^b   McPhillips, Mike ^b   Rogers, Robert ^b   Hutton, Sam ^b   Joyce, Eileen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECURRENCE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 85047696715     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.17.3.417     Document Type: Article

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