A Preliminary Study of the Neural Correlates of the Intensities of Self-Reported Gambling Urges and Emotions in Men with Pathological Gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-513

  Balodis, Iris M ^a   Lacadie, Cheryl M ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; fMRI; Gambling urges; Motivation; Temporal pole

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866054133     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9259-8     Document Type: Article

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