Insula's functional connectivity with ventromedial prefrontal cortex mediates the impact of trait alexithymia on state tobacco craving

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-155

  Sutherland, Matthew T ^a,b   Carroll, Allison J ^b   Salmeron, Betty Jo ^b   Ross, Thomas J ^b   Stein, Elliot A ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Craving; fMRI; Insula; Nicotine; Resting state functional connectivity; Varenicline; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PLACEBO; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE INSULA; NEUROANATOMY; POSTERIOR INSULA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84879206017     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3018-8     Document Type: Article

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