Modulation of risky choices in recently abstinent dependent cocaine users: A transcranial direct-current stimulation study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Gorini, Alessandra ^a,b   Lucchiari, Claudio ^a,b   Russell Edu, William ^b   Pravettoni, Gabriella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Drug addiction; Reward; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRODE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84928234874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00661     Document Type: Article

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