Substance-Related Disorders - Physiopathology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sleep deprivation differentially impairs cognitive performance in abstinent methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") users.

2 Nov 2009 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; "Ecstasy") is a popular recreational drug and brain serotonin (5-HT) neurotoxin. Neuroimaging data indicate that some human MDMA users develop persistent deficits in brain 5-HT neuronal markers. Although the ... Read more...

Nicotine's Allure.

8 Sep 2009 Both conscious and unconscious memory mechanisms contribute to the rewarding effects of nicotine and other drugs of abuse. In this issue of Neuron, Tang and Dani use in vivo measures of synaptic plasticity in freely moving mice to link ... Read more...

Evidence for a putative biomarker for substance dependence.

30 Aug 2009 Electrodermal response modulation (ERM) reflects the reduction in skin conductance response to an aversive stimulus that is temporally predictable relative to when it is unpredictable. Poor ERM is associated with substance dependence (SD). It was ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Substance-Related Disorders - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sleep deprivation differentially impairs cognitive performance in abstinent methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") users. 2 Nov 2009
• Nicotine's Allure. 8 Sep 2009
• Evidence for a putative biomarker for substance dependence. 30 Aug 2009
• Altered white matter microstructure in adolescent substance users. 18 Aug 2009
• Against addiction: light at the end of the tunnel? 30 Jul 2009
• Unifying electron transfer mechanism for psilocybin and psilocin. 12 Jul 2009
• [Predisposition to alcohol and drug consumption in schizophrenia-vulnerable people] 29 Jun 2009
• The P300 event-related potential and its possible role as an endophenotype for studying substance use disorders: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• The kappa-opiate receptor impacts the pathophysiology and behavior of substance use. 29 Jun 2009
• The HR/LR model: Further evidence as an animal model of sensation seeking. 31 May 2009
• The aerobic fitness of substance abusers voluntary participating in a rehabilitation project. 30 May 2009
• [Frontal symptoms in substance abusers under treatment using the Spanish version of the Frontal System Behaviour Scale] 30 May 2009
• Mechanisms underlying the comorbidity of tobacco use in mental health and addictive disorders. 30 May 2009
• 30 years of dynorphins--new insights on their functions in neuropsychiatric diseases. 26 May 2009
• Neurobiology and systems physiology of the endocannabinoid system. 9 May 2009
• Drug abuse: vulnerability and transition to addiction. 9 May 2009
• Dopamine, reinforcement learning, and addiction. 9 May 2009
• Dynamics of neuronal circuits in addiction: reward, antireward, and emotional memory. 9 May 2009
• Computational approaches to the neurobiology of drug addiction. 9 May 2009
• Analysis of biological mechanisms in addiction. 9 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Substance-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related to substance abuse, the side effects of a medication, toxin exposure, and ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS.

Descriptor UI: D019966

Alternative terms: Substance-Related Disorders; Drug Dependence; Dependence, Drug; Drug Addiction; Addiction, Drug; Drug Habituation; Habituation, Drug; Drug Usage; Usage, Drug; Substance Use Disorders; Disorder, Substance Use; Substance Use Disorder; Glue Sniffing; Sniffing, Glue; Organic Mental Disorders, Substance-Induced; Organic Mental Disorders, Substance Induced; Substance Abuse; Abuse, Substance; Abuses, Substance; Substance Abuses; Substance Dependence; Dependence, Substance; Substance Addiction; Addiction, Substance; Drug Abuse; Abuse, Drug; Drug Use Disorders; Disorder, Drug Use; Drug Use Disorder;

Related Mesh Headings: Drug and Narcotic Control; Psychoses, Alcoholic; Street Drugs; Designer Drugs; Codependency (Psychology); Alcohol-Related Disorders;

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; F03.900;

History Note: 98(63)

Technical Notes: consider also PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED or PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; /diag: consider SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION