Measures of possible allostatic load in comorbid cocaine and alcohol use disorder: Brain white matter integrity, telomere length, and anti-saccade performance.

Chronic cocaine and alcohol use impart significant stress on biological and cognitive systems, resulting in changes consistent with an allostatic load model of neurocognitive impairment. The present study measured potential markers of allostatic load in individuals with comorbid cocaine/alcohol use...

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Main Authors: Jonika Tannous, Benson Mwangi, Khader M Hasan, Ponnada A Narayana, Joel L Steinberg, Consuelo Walss-Bass, F Gerard Moeller, Joy M Schmitz, Scott D Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199729