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Global white matter microstructural abnormalities associated with addiction liability score in drug naïve youth.
Brain imaging and behavior - 1 Feb 2018
Hulvershorn Leslie, Hummer Tom, Wu Yu-Chien, Tarter Ralph, Rea Parker, Anand Amit, Andrew Chambers R, Finn Peter
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities in brain white matter (WM) structure have been reported in youths having a family history of substance use disorders (SUDs). It was hypothesized that these abnormalities constitute features of the liability for SUDs transmitted across generations. The association between severity of intergenerational risk for SUD, measured by the Transmissible Liability Index (TLI), and white matter microstructure...
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