Cocaine-Related Disorders - Pathology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Diffusion tensor imaging in cocaine dependence: regional effects of cocaine on corpus callosum and effect of cocaine administration route.

29 Sep 2009 Recent studies demonstrated that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can provide information regarding white matter integrity of the corpus callosum (CC). In this study, DTI parameters were compared between cocaine dependent subjects (CDs) and non-drug ... Read more...

Neurotoxic and cardiotoxic effects of cocaine and ethanol.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: Concurrent abuse of alcohol and cocaine results in the formation of cocaethylene, a powerful cocaine metabolite. Cocaethylene potentiates the direct cardiotoxic and indirect neurotoxic effects of cocaine or alcohol alone. CASE REPORT: ... Read more...

Prolonged withdrawal from repeated noncontingent cocaine exposure increases NMDA receptor expression and ERK activity in the nucleus accumbens.

25 May 2009 Cocaine-induced changes in glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the nucleus accumbens (NAc) play a key role in cocaine behavioral effects. Activation of ionotropic glutamate receptor NMDA receptor (NMDAR) in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cocaine-Related Disorders - Pathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Diffusion tensor imaging in cocaine dependence: regional effects of cocaine on corpus callosum and effect of cocaine administration route. 29 Sep 2009
• Neurotoxic and cardiotoxic effects of cocaine and ethanol. 30 Aug 2009
• Prolonged withdrawal from repeated noncontingent cocaine exposure increases NMDA receptor expression and ERK activity in the nucleus accumbens. 25 May 2009
• Dopaminergic response to drug words in cocaine addiction. 4 May 2009
• Proteomic analysis of the nucleus accumbens of rats with different vulnerability to cocaine addiction. 20 Apr 2009
• Comments on "Cytomorphometric analysis of crack cocaine effects on the oral mucosa". 30 Mar 2009
• Loss of functional specificity in the dorsal striatum of chronic cocaine users. 2 Mar 2009
• Decreased brain dopamine cell numbers in human cocaine users. 21 Feb 2009
• Diffusion tensor imaging of cocaine-treated rodents. 10 Feb 2009
• Dopamine D1 receptors in cocaine dependence measured with PET and the choice to self-administer cocaine. 26 Jan 2009
• Intimal hyperplasia and cystic medial necrosis as substrate of acute coronary syndrome in a cocaine abuser: an in vivo/ex vivo pathological correlation. 30 Dec 2008
• A case of cocaine-induced panhypopituitarism with human neutrophil elastase-specific anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. 27 Dec 2008
• Bilateral pneumothorax, lung cavitations, and pleural empyema in a cocaine addict. 14 Dec 2008
• Integrin expression is altered after acute and chronic cocaine. 5 Dec 2008
• Behavioral sensitization to cocaine is associated with increased glutamate receptor trafficking to the postsynaptic density after extended withdrawal period. 30 Oct 2008
• Phosphorylation-dependent trafficking of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors in the nucleus accumbens plays a critical role in the reinstatement of cocaine seeking. 20 Oct 2008
• Cortical thickness abnormalities in cocaine addiction--a reflection of both drug use and a pre-existing disposition to drug abuse? 7 Oct 2008
• Neuroscience: Brain's defence against cocaine. 7 Oct 2008
• Medial orbitofrontal cortex gray matter is reduced in abstinent substance-dependent individuals. 16 Sep 2008
• Ventral tegmental glutamate: a role in stress-, cue-, and cocaine-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking. 11 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Cocaine-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from use of cocaine.

Descriptor UI: D019970

Alternative terms: Cocaine-Related Disorders; Cocaine Related Disorders; Cocaine-Related Disorder; Disorder, Cocaine-Related; Disorders, Cocaine-Related; Cocaine Abuse; Abuse, Cocaine; Cocaine Dependence; Dependence, Cocaine; Dependences, Cocaine; Cocaine Addiction; Addiction, Cocaine;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.300; F03.900.300;

History Note: 98