Alteration of brain dopamine and serotonin levels in cocaine users: A preliminary report

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1216-1218

  Little, Karley Y ^a   Patel, Umesh N ^b   Clark, Thomas B ^b   Butts, John D ^b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 0029774111     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.9.1216     Document Type: Article

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