Profiles of cognitive dysfunction in chronic amphetamine and heroin abusers

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-126

  Ornstein, T J ^a   Iddon, J L ^a,b   Baldacchino, A M ^c   Sahakian, B J ^a   London, M ^c   Everitt, B J ^b   Robbins, T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^c Brookfields Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cognition; Drug abuse; Heroin; Prefrontal cortex; Stimulant

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG ABUSE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PLANNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; AMPHETAMINES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0034044788     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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