White matter abnormalities correlating with memory and depression in heroin users under methadone maintenance treatment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Wei Che ^a,b   Chou, Kun Hsien ^b   Chen, Chien Chih ^a   Huang, Chu Chung ^b   Chen, Hsiu Ling ^a,b   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Li, Shau Hsuan ^a   Wang, Ya Ling ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a   Lin, Ching Po ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAHIPPOCAMPUS; PONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER ABNORMALITY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859513302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033809     Document Type: Article

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