Neural correlates of hot and cold executive functions in polysubstance addiction: Association between neuropsychological performance and resting brain metabolism as measured by positron emission tomography

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 203, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 214-221

  Moreno López, Laura ^a   Stamatakis, Emmanuel Andreas ^b   Fernández Serrano, María José ^a   Gómez Río, Manuel ^c   Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio ^c   Pérez García, Miguel ^a   Verdejo García, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain substrates; Decision making; Executive functioning; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; POLYSUBSTANCE ADDICTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84867139357     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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