Rapid cortical hemoglobin deoxygenation after heroin and methadone injection in humans: A preliminary report

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Stohler, Rudolf ^a   Dürsteler, Kenneth M ^b   Störmer, Robert ^b   Seifritz, Erich ^b   Hug, Irene ^b   Sattler Mayr, Jeanette ^b   Müller Spahn, Franz ^b   Ladewig, Dieter ^b   Hock, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortical hemoglobin deoxygenation; Heroin; Intravenous opioid treatment; Methadone; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); PROVE; Rush

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; DIAMORPHINE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0345363007     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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