Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 181-190 , 30 August 2005

Reduced hippocampal volume among adolescents with alcohol use disorders without psychiatric comorbidity

  • Bonnie J. Nagel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
    • Veterans Medical Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Alecia D. Schweinsburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, School of Arts and Sciences, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Vinh Phan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
    • ,
  • Susan F. Tapert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
    • Veterans Medical Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA
    • VA San Diego Healthcare System (115B), 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VA San Diego Healthcare System (151B), 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. Tel.: +1 858 552 8585x2599; fax: +1 858 642 6474.

Received 28 September 2004 ,Revised 22 February 2005 ,Accepted 26 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.05.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 181-190 , 30 August 2005

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