Substance use disorders and the orbitofrontal cortex: Systematic review of behavioural decision-making and neuroimaging studies

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue SEPT., 2005, Pages 209-220

  Dom, G ^a   Sabbe, B ^b   Hulstijn, W ^b,c   Van Den Brink, W ^d  

^a Psychiatric Centre Brothers Alexians   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; ILLICIT DRUG; LORAZEPAM; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; OPIATE;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN METABOLISM; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DECISION MAKING; DETOXIFICATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 24944434378     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.3.209     Document Type: Review

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