Associations between personality changes and nucleus accumbens ablation in opioid addicts

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 588-593

  Zhao, Hai Kang ^a   Chang, Chong Wang ^a   Geng, Ning ^a   Gao, Li ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Wang, Ya Rong ^a   Wang, Xue Lian ^a   Gao, Guo Dong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eysenck personality questionnaire; Health survey questionnaire (SF 36); Long term follow up study; Nucleus accumbens lesion; Opiate addiction; Relapse

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860704592     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2012.10     Document Type: Article

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