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Adolf Pfefferbaum

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Abnormalities in brain structure and function in healthy aging, alcoholism, HIV infection, and Alzheimer's Disease; diffusion tensor imaging of white matter microstructure in alcoholism; spectroscopic analysis of brain brain metabolite concentrations in alcoholism and HIV infection; functional neuroimaging of cognitive networks in alcoholism.

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  • Pfefferbaum A, Adalsteinsson E, Bell RL, Sullivan EV "Development and Resolution of Brain Lesions Caused by Pyrithiamine- and Dietary-Induced Thiamine Deficiency and Alcohol Exposure in the Alcohol-Preferring Rat: A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Study." Neuropsychopharmacology 2006; More »
  • Pfefferbaum A, Rosenbloom MJ, Rohlfing T, Adalsteinsson E, Kemper CA, Deresinski S, Sullivan EV "Contribution of alcoholism to brain dysmorphology in HIV infection: Effects on the ventricles and corpus callosum." Neuroimage 2006; More »
  • Pfefferbaum A, Rosenbloom MJ, Adalsteinsson E, Sullivan EV "Diffusion tensor imaging with quantitative fibre tracking in HIV infection and alcoholism comorbidity: synergistic white matter damage." Brain 2006; More »
  • Pfefferbaum A, Adalsteinsson E, Sullivan EV "Cortical NAA Deficits in HIV Infection without Dementia: Influence of Alcoholism Comorbidity." Neuropsychopharmacology 2005; More »
  • Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV "Disruption of brain white matter microstructure by excessive intracellular and extracellular fluid in alcoholism: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging." Neuropsychopharmacology 2005; 30: 2: 423-32 More »
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