Brain Imaging Brain Imaging TechnologyTechnology

SPECT Image of a SPECT Image of a Normal BrainNormal Brain

Effects of DRUG Effects of DRUG and Alcohol use and Alcohol use

Heavy Nicotine &Heavy Nicotine &Caffeine AbuseCaffeine Abuse

45 year old with45 year old with

27 year history of 27 year history of heavy useheavy use

3 packs of 3 packs of cigarettes and 3 cigarettes and 3 pots of coffee dailypots of coffee daily

Marked decrease of Marked decrease of frontal lobe activityfrontal lobe activity

Strokes: The reason Strokes: The reason NOT to smoke!NOT to smoke!

Left Frontal strokeLeft Frontal stroke Two sided strokeTwo sided stroke

Effects of Alcohol UseEffects of Alcohol Use

38 year old with 17 38 year old with 17 years of heavy years of heavy weekend useweekend use

Underside viewUnderside view Overall decreased Overall decreased

activityactivity

Alcohol UseAlcohol Use

Inactivity in the Inactivity in the parietal lobeparietal lobe

17 year old binge 17 year old binge drinker on weekendsdrinker on weekends

Marijuana UseMarijuana Use

16 Year old with 2 16 Year old with 2 year history of daily year history of daily useuse

Marked inactivity in Marked inactivity in the prefrontal lobethe prefrontal lobe

and temporal lobeand temporal lobe

Marijuana UseMarijuana Use

18 year old with 3 18 year old with 3 year history of 4X a year history of 4X a week useweek use

Marijuana UseMarijuana Use

28 year old with 10 28 year old with 10 years of weekend years of weekend useuse

38 year old with 12 38 year old with 12 year daily useyear daily use

Heroin and Methodone Heroin and Methodone UseUse

Cocaine UseCocaine Use

24 year old with 2 24 year old with 2 year frequent year frequent cocaine usecocaine use

28 year old with 8 28 year old with 8 years heavy meth years heavy meth useuse

Hope for HealingHope for HealingAlcohol, Cocaine & MethAlcohol, Cocaine & Meth

On and Off Drugs On and Off Drugs During abuseDuring abuse One year drug freeOne year drug free

Different BrainsDifferent Brains

Different LearnersDifferent Learners

Attention Deficit Attention Deficit DisorderDisorder

Brain at restBrain at rest Brain in Brain in concentrationconcentration

Vigorous exercise Vigorous exercise improves improves

concentrationconcentration Before exercise or Before exercise or

medicationmedication After exercise or After exercise or

medicationmedication

ADHDADHD

underside surface underside surface view, concentration view, concentration study, no medicationstudy, no medication

marked decreased marked decreased prefrontal and prefrontal and temporal lobe activitytemporal lobe activity

Violent BehaviorViolent Behavior

Murdered 2 girls at a Murdered 2 girls at a McDonald’s McDonald’s

Marked decreased Marked decreased prefrontal cortex prefrontal cortex activityactivity

PMS… It’s the real PMS… It’s the real thingthing

Before cycleBefore cycle During cycleDuring cycle

Dr. Daniel AmenDr. Daniel Amen

Jean Blaydes MadiganJean Blaydes Madigan www.actionbasedlearning.comwww.actionbasedlearning.com