Striatal-insula circuits in cocaine addiction: Implications for impulsivity and relapse risk

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 424-432

  McHugh, Meredith J ^a   Demers, Catherine H ^a   Braud, Jacquelyn ^b   Briggs, Richard ^c   Adinoff, Bryon ^b,d   Stein, Elliot A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Connectivity; Impulsivity; Insula; Neuroimaging; Relapse; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BOLD SIGNAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG USE; DSM-IV; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONSET AGE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR INSULA; PUTAMEN; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; SMOKING; STRIATAL INSULA CIRCUIT CONNECTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84887574461     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2013.847446     Document Type: Article

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