Striatum and insula dysfunction during reinforcement learning differentiates abstinent and relapsed methamphetamine-dependent individuals

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 460-471

  Stewart, Jennifer L ^a   Connolly, Colm G ^a,b   May, April C ^a   Tapert, Susan F ^a,c   Wittmann, Marc ^a,c,d   Paulus, Martin P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; fMRI; Learning; Methamphetamine; Relapse; Reward

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECURRENCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893820981     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12403     Document Type: Article

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