Alterations of the vascular basal lamina in the cerebral cortex in drug abuse: A combined morphometric and immunohistochemical investigation

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Büttner, Andreas ^a   Kroehling, Claus ^a   Mall, Gita ^a   Penning, Randolph ^a   Weis, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Blood brain barrier; Cerebral vessels; Collagen IV; Drug abuse

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; CODEINE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 27644463035     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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