Reversing brain damage in former NFL players: Implications for traumatic brain injury and substance abuse rehabilitation

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Amen, Daniel G ^a   Wu, Joseph C ^a   Taylor, Derek ^b   Willeumier, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Amen Clinics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain trauma; Football; MicroCog; Rehabilitation; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; FISH OIL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HUPERZINE A; LEVACECARNINE; THIOCTIC ACID; VINPOCETINE; VITAMIN;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; MICROCOG ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING SCORE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPORT INJURY; THINKING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADDICTION; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79958860125     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2011.566489     Document Type: Article

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