Neurochemical alterations in asymptomatic abstinent cocaine users: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1105-1114

  Chang, Linda ^a   Mehringer, C Mark ^a   Ernst, Thomas ^a   Melchor, Rosemarie ^a   Myers, Hector ^b,c   Forney, David ^d   Satz, Paul ^d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Creatine; Human; Myoinositol; N acetyl 1 aspartate; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COCAINE; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031574295     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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