Nipping cue reactivity in the bud: Baclofen prevents limbic activation elicited by subliminal drug cues

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5038-5043

  Young, Kimberly A ^a   Franklin, Teresa R ^a   Roberts, David C S ^b   Jagannathan, Kanchana ^a   Suh, Jesse J ^a,c   Wetherill, Reagan R ^a   Wang, Ze ^a   Kampman, Kyle M ^a   O'Brien, Charles P ^a,c   Childress, Anna Rose ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Baclofen; Cocaine; Cues; fMRI; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MESENCEPHALON; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADDICTION; BACLOFEN; COCAINE; CUES; FMRI; SUBLIMINAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACLOFEN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CUES; FEMALE; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899441753     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4977-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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