Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer effects in the nucleus accumbens relate to relapse in alcohol dependence

Addiction Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 719-731

  Garbusow, Maria ^a   Schad, Daniel J ^a   Sebold, Miriam ^a   Friedel, Eva ^a   Bernhardt, Nadine ^b   Koch, Stefan P ^a   Steinacher, Bruno ^c   Kathmann, Norbert ^d   Geurts, Dirk E M ^e,f   Sommer, Christian ^b   Müller, Dirk K ^b   Nebe, Stephan ^b   Paul, Sören ^b   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^b   Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^b   Walter, Henrik ^a   Smolka, Michael N ^b   Sterzer, Philipp ^a   Rapp, Michael A ^g   Huys, Quentin J M ^h   Schlagenhauf, Florian ^a,i   Heinz, Andreas ^a   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Wenckebach Klinikum   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

human Pavlovian to instrumental transfer; nucleus accumbens; relapse in alcohol use disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DETOXIFICATION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAVLOVIAN TO INSTRUMENTAL TRANSFER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECURRENCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84961290231     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12243     Document Type: Article

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