Neurobiology of cocaine-induced organic brain impairment: Contributions from functional neuroimaging

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Strickland, Tony L ^a,b,c   Miller, Bruce L ^c   Kowell, Arthur ^b   Stein, Richard ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Functional neuroimaging; Neurobiology; SPECT; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031901399     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025613322003     Document Type: Review

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