Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 157-170 , 31 March 2006

Deformation-based brain morphometry to track the course of alcoholism: Differences between intra-subject and inter-subject analysis

  • Torsten Rohlfing

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA, 94025-3943, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. SRI International, Neuroscience Program, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493, USA. Tel.: +1 650 859 3379; fax: +1 650 859 2743.
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  • Edith V. Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Adolf Pfefferbaum

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA, 94025-3943, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Received 18 June 2005 ,Revised 18 November 2005 ,Accepted 6 December 2005.

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PII: S0925-4927(05)00209-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 157-170 , 31 March 2006

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