Neuropathology of substance use disorders

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-107

  Cadet, Jean Lud ^a   Bisagno, Veronica ^b   Milroy, Christopher Mark ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacologicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bath salts; Cannabis; Cathinones; Cocaine; Dopamine; Frontal cortex; Heroin; Hippocampus; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Nucleus accumbens; Reward mechanisms; Striatum; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE;

AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CANNABIS USE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84892671593     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1221-7     Document Type: Review

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