Dissociated Grey Matter Changes with Prolonged Addiction and Extended Abstinence in Cocaine Users

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Connolly, Colm G ^a   Bell, Ryan P ^b,c,d   Foxe, John J ^c,d   Garavan, Hugh ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RELAPSE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CEREBELLUM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875068245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059645     Document Type: Article

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