Journal article
Neuroimaging in Alcohol and Drug Dependence
Current behavioral neuroscience reports, Vol.1(1), pp.45-54
03/01/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s40473-013-0005-7
PMCID: PMC3963165
PMID: 24678450
Abstract
Neuroimaging, including PET, MRI, and MRS, is a powerful approach to the study of brain function. This article reviews neuroimaging findings related to alcohol and other drugs of abuse that have been published since 2011. Uses of neuroimaging are to characterize patients to determine who will fare better in treatment and to investigate the reasons underlying the effect on outcomes. Neuroimaging is also used to characterize the acute and chronic effects of substances on the brain and how those effects are related to dependence, relapse, and other drug effects. The data can be used to provide encouraging information for patients, as several studies have shown that long-term abstinence is associated with at least partial normalization of neurological abnormalities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neuroimaging in Alcohol and Drug Dependence
- Creators
- Mark J Niciu - National Institutes of Health and Department of Health and Human Services, Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, 10 Center Dr., Building 10/CRC, Room 7-5545, Bethesda, MD 20892, USAGraeme F Mason - N-141 TAC-MRRC, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208043, New Haven, CT 06520-8043, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current behavioral neuroscience reports, Vol.1(1), pp.45-54
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40473-013-0005-7
- PMID
- 24678450
- PMCID
- PMC3963165
- NLM abbreviation
- Curr Behav Neurosci Rep
- ISSN
- 2196-2979
- eISSN
- 2196-2979
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984003469402771
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