Alcoholism and the brain: an overview.
Alcoholism can affect the brain and behavior in a variety of ways, and multiple factors can influence these effects. A person's susceptibility to alcoholism-related brain damage may be associated with his or her age, gender, drinking history, and nutrition, as well as with the vulnerability of specific brain regions. Investigators use a variety of methods to study alcoholism-related brain damage, including examining brains of deceased patients as well as neuroimaging, a technique that enables researchers to test and observe the living brain and to evaluate structural damage in the brain.
Oscar-Berman
Marlene
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Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
Marinkovic
Ksenija
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans