Volitional reduction of anterior cingulate cortex activity produces decreased cue craving in smoking cessation: A preliminary real-time fMRI study

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 739-748

  Li, Xingbao ^a   Hartwell, Karen J ^a,b   Borckardt, Jeffery ^a   Prisciandaro, James J ^a   Saladin, Michael E ^a   Morgan, Paul S ^c   Johnson, Kevin A ^d   Lematty, Todd ^a   Brady, Kathleen T ^a,b   George, Mark S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; cue induced craving; neurofeedback; nicotine dependence; real time fMRI; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFEEDBACK; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879463519     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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