Aggressive responding of male heroin addicts under methadone treatment: Psychometric and neuroendocrine correlates

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-95

  Gerra, Gilberto ^a   Zaimovic, Amir ^a   Raggi, Maria Augusta ^b   Giusti, Francesca ^a   Delsignore, Roberto ^c   Bertacca, Simone ^a   Brambilla, Francesca ^a  

^a AUSL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Aggressiveness; Cortisol; Epinephrine; Growth hormone; Methadone; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHADONE; NORADRENALIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HEART RATE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0035575442     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(01)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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