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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006 Jun;30(6):947–958. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00108.x

Table 3.

Regional Gray Matter Perfusion (in Institutional Units As Described in Methods)

PLD (ms) Region nsLD N = 19 ALC N = 29 nsALC N = 10 sALC N = 19 Group contrast
1,500 Left-frontal 360 ± 82 319 ± 74 360 ± 55 297 ± 75 sALC ≪ nsALC, nsLD
Right-frontal 381 ± 107 326 ± 90 374 ± 82 301 ± 86 sALC ≪ nsALC, nsLD
Left-parietal 371 ± 64 336 ± 77 362 ± 90 322 ± 67 sALC ≪ nsLD; sALC<nsALC
Right-parietal 381 ± 81 353 ± 79 385 ± 84 337 ± 74 sALC ≪ nsLD; sALC<nsALC
1,200 Left-frontal 440 ± 72 397 ± 103 429 ± 98 380 ± 104 sALC ≪ nsLD; sALC<nsALC
Right-frontal 457 ± 99 408 ± 111 439 ± 120 392 ± 106 sALC ≪ nsLD; sALC<nsALC
Left-parietal 445 ± 81 399 ± 97 387 ± 113 405 ± 90 sALC, nsALC<nsLD
Right-parietal 442 ± 88 406 ± 83 407 ± 97 406 ± 78 sALC, nsALC<nsLD

PLD, postlabeling delay (time between tagging and excitation pulse); nsLD, nonsmoking light drinker, ALC, smoking or nonsmoking 1-week-abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals.

Contrasts between sALC, nsALC, and nsALC: “<”: p<0.05; “ ≪ ”: p<0.01.