Neural Activation Patterns of Methamphetamine-Dependent Subjects During Decision Making Predict Relapse
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 July 2005
Martin P. Paulus, Susan F. Tapert, Marc A. Schuckit
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This is the first investigation to show that fMRI can be used to predict relapse in substance-dependent individuals, and the combination of right middle frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus and posterior cingulate activation best predicted the time to relapse.
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To our knowledge, this is the first investigation to show that fMRI can be used to predict relapse in substance-dependent individuals.
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