Decreased frontal white-matter volume in chronic substance abuse

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-153

  Schlaepfer, Thomas E ^a,b,c   Lancaster, Eric ^b   Heidbreder, Rebecca ^c   Strain, Eric C ^b   Kosel, Markus ^a,c   Fisch, Hans Ulrich ^c   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neuroplasticity; Structural neuroimaging; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MYELINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 32844466633     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145705005705     Document Type: Article

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