Cocaine users consistently display cognitive impairments. However, it is still unknown
whether these impairments are cocaine-induced and if they are reversible. Therefore, we …

BackgroundDependent cocaine users consistently display cognitive deficits but cognitive
performance of recreational cocaine users has rarely been investigated.AimsTo examine …

Chronic cocaine users consistently display neurochemical and functional alterations in
brain areas involved in social cognition (eg medial and orbitofrontal cortex). Although social …

Objective Large-scale epidemiological research often uses self-reports to determine the
prevalence of illicit substance use. Self-reports may suffer from inaccurate reporting but can be …

New psychoactive substances are conquering the drug scene. Police seize different
colourful packages with exceptional names. They are declared as ‘bath salts’, ‘plant food’, or ‘…

A method for detection and quantification of 21 benzodiazepines and the pharmacologically
related “z-drugs” in human hair samples was developed and fully validated using liquid …

Endogenous steroid hormones and endocannabinoids (ECs) are important regulators in the
stress response of the human body. For the measurement of chronic stress, hair analysis …

Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is a promising measure of long-term hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal
(HPA) axis activity. Previous research has suggested an association between …

Background Dependent cocaine users consistently display increased trait impulsivity on self-report
questionnaires and less consistently exhibit elevated motor impulsivity in some …

A fatal case of butyrfentanyl poisoning was investigated at the Zurich Institute of Forensic
Medicine. At admission at the institute approx. 9 h after death (first time point, t1), femoral and …