Neural activation during risky decision-making in youth at high risk for substance use disorders

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 102-111

  Hulvershorn, Leslie A ^a   Hummer, Tom A ^a   Fukunaga, Rena ^b   Leibenluft, Ellen ^c   Finn, Peter ^b   Cyders, Melissa A ^d   Anand, Amit ^e   Overhage, Lauren ^a   Dir, Allyson ^d   Brown, Joshua ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction risk; Adolescent; Decision making; Functional imaging; Prefrontal cortex; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JUVENILE; MALE; NEURAL ACTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VENTRAL STRIATUM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; NEOSTRIATUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84938745618     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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