Enhanced midbrain response at 6-month follow-up in cocaine addiction, association with reduced drug-related choice

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1013-1025

  Moeller, Scott J ^a   Tomasi, Dardo ^b   Woicik, Patricia A ^a   Maloney, Thomas ^a   Alia Klein, Nelly ^a   Honorio, Jean ^c   Telang, Frank ^b   Wang, Gene Jack ^a   Wang, Ruiliang ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^d   Carise, Deni ^e,f   Astone Twerell, Janetta ^g   Bolger, Joy ^a   Volkow, Nora D ^b,h   Goldstein, Rita Z ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Phoenix House   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g Samaritan Village Inc   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine addiction; dopamine; drug Stroop; fMRI; midbrain; thalamus.

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SELF REPORT; STROOP TEST; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84872851116     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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