A voxel-based morphometry study of young occasional users of amphetamine-type stimulants and cocaine

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-111

  Mackey, Scott ^a   Stewart, Jennifer L ^a   Connolly, Colm G ^b   Tapert, Susan F ^a   Paulus, Martin P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine type stimulants; Cocaine; Occasional; Structural neuroimaging; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT VENTRAL ANTERIOR PUTAMEN; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGHT DORSOLATERAL CEREBELLUM; RIGHT INFERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; RIGHT VENTROMEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AMPHETAMINE-TYPE STIMULANTS; COCAINE; OCCASIONAL; STRUCTURAL NEUROIMAGING; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; AMPHETAMINES; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891837012     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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