Association between brain size and abstinence from alcohol.
Brain shrinkage with chronic alcoholism is well acknowledged. We have shown, with quantitative analysis of serial scans, an increase in hippocampal, cerebral, and cerebellar volume after abstinence from alcohol.
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000150:complications; D013695:Temperance