Evidence for a Gender-Related Effect of Alcoholism on Brain Volumes - Hommer, Daniel W.; Momenan, Reza; Kaiser, Erica; Rawlings, Robert R. (The American journal of psychiatry, 2001)
Keywords: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcoholism; Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - diagnosis; Biological and medical sciences; Brain; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain - drug effects; Brain size; Comparative studies; Effects; Ethanol - adverse effects; Ethanol - pharmacology; Female; Gender; Gender aspects; Heavy drinking; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Sex Factors; Size; Skull - anatomy & histology; Human; Intracranial; Volumetric analysis; Healthy subject; Alcoholism; Grey matter; Sex; Central nervous system; Cerebral ventricle; Cerebrospinal fluid; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; White matter; Alcoholic beverage; Cerebral sulcus; Young adult; Dependence; Medical imagery; Adult; Comparative study; Brain (vertebrata)