Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 1 , Pages 57-63 , 30 January 2010

Cocaine addiction: Diffusion tensor imaging study of the inferior frontal and anterior cingulate white matter

  • Maria J. Romero

      Affiliations

    • Instituto sobre Drogas y Conductas Adictivas (IDYCA), Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain
    • MRI Unit (Eresa), Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Samuel Asensio

      Affiliations

    • Instituto sobre Drogas y Conductas Adictivas (IDYCA), Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Carmina Palau

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Conductas Adictivas-Paterna, Agencia Valenciana de Salud, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Amparo Sanchez

      Affiliations

    • Instituto sobre Drogas y Conductas Adictivas (IDYCA), Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Francisco J. Romero

      Affiliations

    • Instituto sobre Drogas y Conductas Adictivas (IDYCA), Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Instituto de Drogas y Conductas Adictivas (IDYCA), Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Av. Seminario s/n 46113-Moncada (Valencia), Spain. Tel.: +34 961369000; fax: +34 961395272.

Received 17 October 2008 ,Revised 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 5 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.07.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 1 , Pages 57-63 , 30 January 2010

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