Revisiting the role of the insula in addiction

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 414-420

  Droutman, Vita ^a   Read, Stephen J ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Drug dependence; Insular cortex; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NEUROIMAGING;

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS; BRAIN LESIONS; DRUG ADDICTION; DRUG-DEPENDENCE; GRAY MATTER VOLUMES; INSULAR CORTEX; SMOKING;

DECISION MAKING;

ADDICTION; BRAIN SIZE; CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE TEST; CONNECTOME; DECISION MAKING; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; PLACE PREFERENCE; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; SALIENCE NETWORK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; INJURIES; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84937519904     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.05.005     Document Type: Review

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