Smoking and increased Alzheimer's disease risk: a review of potential mechanisms

TC Durazzo, N Mattsson, MW Weiner… - Alzheimer's & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cigarette smoking has been linked with both increased and decreased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). This is relevant for the US military because the prevalence of …

Modifiable factors that alter the size of the hippocampus with ageing

M Fotuhi, D Do, C Jack - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2012 - nature.com
The hippocampus is particularly vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of obesity, diabetes
mellitus, hypertension, hypoxic brain injury, obstructive sleep apnoea, bipolar disorder …

Alcohol and the human brain: a systematic review of different neuroimaging methods

M Bühler, K Mann - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Imaging techniques have been in widespread use in the scientific community
for more than 3 decades. They facilitate noninvasive, in vivo studies of the human brain in …

A role for cognitive rehabilitation in increasing the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol use disorders

ME Bates, JF Buckman, TT Nguyen - Neuropsychology review, 2013 - Springer
Neurocognitive impairments are prevalent in persons seeking treatment for alcohol use
disorders (AUDs). These impairments and their physical, social, psychological and …

Cortical and subcortical gray matter shrinkage in alcohol-use disorders: a voxel-based meta-analysis

X Yang, F Tian, H Zhang, J Zeng, T Chen… - Neuroscience & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although gray matter (GM) damages caused by long term and excessive alcohol
consumption have long been reported, the structural neuroimaging findings on alcohol-use …

Neurobiology of comorbid post‐traumatic stress disorder and alcohol‐use disorder

NW Gilpin, JL Weiner - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol‐use disorder (AUD) are highly comorbid
in humans. Although we have some understanding of the structural and functional brain …

Recovery of neurocognitive functions following sustained abstinence after substance dependence and implications for treatment

MHJ Schulte, J Cousijn, TE den Uyl… - Clinical psychology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) have been associated with impaired
neurocognitive functioning, which may (partly) improve with sustained abstinence. New …

Structural and functional brain recovery in individuals with substance use disorders during abstinence: A review of longitudinal neuroimaging studies

MA Parvaz, RA Rabin, F Adams… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Neuroimaging studies reveal structural and functional including neurochemical
brain abnormalities in individuals with substance use disorders compared to healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol's effects on brain and behavior

EV Sullivan, RA Harris, A Pfefferbaum - Alcohol Research & Health, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past 40 years, rigorous examination of brain function, structure, and attending
factors through multidisciplinary research has helped identify the substrates of alcohol …

Hippocampal volume differences in Gulf War veterans with current versus lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

BA Apfel, J Ross, J Hlavin, DJ Meyerhoff, TJ Metzler… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: Decreased hippocampal volume is described in posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and depression. However, it is not known whether it is a risk factor for the …