Reversible brain white matter microstructure changes in heroin addicts: A longitudinal study

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 727-728

  Wang, Xuyi ^a   Yu, Rongjun ^b   Zhou, Xuhui ^c   Liao, Yanhui ^a   Tang, Jinsong ^a   Liu, Tieqiao ^a   Shan, Baoci ^d   Hao, Wei ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Brain Hospital of Hunan Province   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cingulate gyrus; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; frontal gyrus; heroin addiction; white matter

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL GYRUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879462396     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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