Neuroimaging in alcoholism: ethanol and brain damage.
Mann K,
Agartz I,
Harper C,
Shoaf S,
Rawlings RR,
Momenan R,
Hommer DW,
Pfefferbaum A,
Sullivan EV,
Anton RF,
Drobes DJ,
George MS,
Bares R,
Machulla HJ,
Mundle G,
Reimold M,
Heinz A.
Department of Pathology (CH), University of Sydney & Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. mann@as200.zi-manheim.de
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The co-chairs were Karl Mann and Ingrid Agartz. The presentations were (1) Neuropathological changes in alcohol-related brain damage, by Clive Harper; (2) Regional brain volumes including the hippocampus and monoamine metabolites in alcohol dependence, by Ingrid Agartz, Susan Shoaf, Robert R, Rawlings, Reza Momenan, and Daniel W Hommer; (3) Diffusion tensor abnormalities in imaging of white matter alcoholism, by Adolf Pfefferbaum and Edith V. Sullivan; (4) Use of functional MRI to evaluate brain activity during alcohol cue exposure in alcoholics: Relationship to craving, by Raymond F. Anton, David J. Drobes, and Mark S. George; and (5) mu-Opiate receptor availability in alcoholism: First results from a positron emission tomography study, by Karl Mann, Roland Bares, Hans-Juergen Machulla, Goetz Mundle, Matthias Reimold, and Andreas Heinz.
PMID: 11391058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]