Neuropsychological functioning in methadone maintenance patients versus abstinent heroin abusers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Verdejo, Antonio ^a   Toribio, Inmaculada ^b   Orozco, Carmen ^a   Puente, Krista Lee ^c   Pérez García, Miguel ^a,d  

^a Fac Psicol Inst Neurociencias F   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Inst Neurociencias Federico Oloriz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abstinent heroin abusers; Cognitive flexibility tests; Executive functions; Methadone maintenance patients

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18844437567     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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