Prefrontal cortical volume reduction associated with frontal cortex function deficit in 6-week abstinent crack-cocaine dependent men

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Fein, George ^a   Di Sclafani, Victoria ^a   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^b  

^a Neurobehavioral Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cocaine; Frontal lobe; MRI; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; ALCOHOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRACK COCAINE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708077     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(02)00110-2     Document Type: Article

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