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Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence

Nora D. Volkow, Linda Chang, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Dinko Franceschi, Mark Sedler, Samuel J. Gatley, Eric Miller, Robert Hitzemann, Yu-Shin Ding and Jean Logan
Journal of Neuroscience 1 December 2001, 21 (23) 9414-9418; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001
Nora D. Volkow
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3Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, and
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Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence
Nora D. Volkow, Linda Chang, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Dinko Franceschi, Mark Sedler, Samuel J. Gatley, Eric Miller, Robert Hitzemann, Yu-Shin Ding, Jean Logan
Journal of Neuroscience 1 December 2001, 21 (23) 9414-9418; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001

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Nora D. Volkow, Linda Chang, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Dinko Franceschi, Mark Sedler, Samuel J. Gatley, Eric Miller, Robert Hitzemann, Yu-Shin Ding, Jean Logan
Journal of Neuroscience 1 December 2001, 21 (23) 9414-9418; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001
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  • methamphetamine
  • dopamine transporters
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  • positron emission tomography
  • addiction
  • detoxification
  • neurotoxicity
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