Visualizing the firestorms in the brain: An inside look at the clinical and physiological connections between drugs and violence using brain spect imaging

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-319

  Amen, Daniel G ^a   Yantis, Stanley ^a   Trudeau, John ^b   Stubblefield, Matthew S ^a   Halverstadt, Jonathan Scott ^a  

^a Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain function; Cerebral perfusion; Drug abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031413605     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1997.10400557     Document Type: Article

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