Cerebral perfusion abnormalities in abstinent cocaine abusers: A perfusion MRI and SPECT study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-74

  Ernst, Thomas ^a   Chang, Linda ^a   Oropilla, Grace ^a   Gustavson, Andrew ^a   Speck, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cocaine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034726547     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(00)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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