Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 1 , Pages 22-30 , 15 July 2009

Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) of diffusion tensor imaging data in alcohol dependence: Abnormalities of the motivational neurocircuitry

  • Ping-Hong Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street #114M, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Northern California Institute for Research and Education, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Current Address: CERT_BD, 101 Manning Dr. 10612 Neurosciences Hospital, 1st Floor, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA. Tel.: +1 919 843 7502; fax: +1 919 843 3950.
    • ,
  • Ken Simpson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street #114M, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Northern California Institute for Research and Education, USA
    • ,
  • Timothy C. Durazzo

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street #114M, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Northern California Institute for Research and Education, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, USA
    • ,
  • Stefan Gazdzinski

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street #114M, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Northern California Institute for Research and Education, USA
    • ,
  • Dieter J. Meyerhoff

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street #114M, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Northern California Institute for Research and Education, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, USA

Received 28 November 2007 ,Revised 30 April 2008 ,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.07.012

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 1 , Pages 22-30 , 15 July 2009

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