Sex differences in medial and lateral orbitofrontal cortex hypoperfusion in cocaine-dependent men and women

Gender Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-222

  Adinoff, Bryon ^a,b   Williams, Mark J ^a   Best, Susan E ^a,b   Harris, Thomas S ^c   Chandler, Patricia ^d   Devous Sr , Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cocaine related disorders; female; gender; orbitofrontal cortex; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33750975385     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(06)80209-3     Document Type: Article

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