Age-related brain volume reductions in amphetamine and cocaine addicts and normal controls: Implications for addiction research

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-102

  Bartzokis, George ^a,b,c,d   Beckson, Mace ^c,d   Lu, Po H ^a,c   Edwards, Nancy ^a,c   Rapoport, Ruth ^c   Wiseman, Eve ^a,b   Bridge, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Gtr Los Angeles VA Hlthcare System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Frontal lobe; Gray matter; Psychostimulant addiction; Temporal lobe; White matter

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034630331     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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