Frontotemporal cortical activity in Chinese male alcohol-dependent patients during a verbal fluency task: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study (opens in new tab)

IntroductionAlcohol dependence is associated with alterations in prefrontal cortical function; however, previous functional near-infrared spectroscopy studies using verbal fluency tasks have produced inconsistent findings. This study examined differences in task-related cortical activation between Chinese male patients with alcohol dependence and healthy controls.MethodsThirty-one right-handed male inpatients with alcohol dependence and 31 healthy male controls completed a Mandarin verbal flu...