Mood Disturbances and Regional Cerebral Metabolic Abnormalities inRecently Abstinent Methamphetamine Abusers

Abstract

Abusers of MA have abnormalities in brain regions implicated in mood disorders. Relationships between relative glucose metabolism in limbic and paralimbic regions and self-reports of depression and anxiety in MA abusers suggest that these regions are involved in affective dysregulation and may be an important target of intervention for MA dependence.