Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 189-201 , 15 August 2007

Thalamo-cortical dysfunction in cocaine abusers: Implications in attention and perception

  • Dardo Tomasi

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Medical Department, Bldg 490, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 30 Bell Ave., Upton, NY, 11973, USA. Tel.: +1 631 344 3640; fax: +1 631 344 7671.
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  • Rita Z. Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
    • ,
  • Frank Telang

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Maloney

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
    • ,
  • Nelly Alia-Klein

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
    • ,
  • Elisabeth C. Caparelli

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
    • ,
  • Nora D. Volkow

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD, USA

Received 14 September 2006 ,Revised 8 January 2007 ,Accepted 4 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.03.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 189-201 , 15 August 2007

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