Forging neuroimaging targets for recovery in opioid use disorder

JL Stewart, AC May, RL Aupperle, J Bodurka - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic and lacks a range of successful
interventions to reduce this public health burden. Many individuals with opioid use disorder …

Value-based cognition and drug dependency

K Loganathan - Addictive behaviors, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Value-based decision-making is thought to play an important role in drug dependency.
Achieving elevated levels of euphoria or ameliorating dysphoria/pain may motivate goal …

Peripheral inflammatory biomarkers of methamphetamine withdrawal patients based on the neuro-inflammation hypothesis: the possible improvement effect of …

J Wang, C Lu, L Zheng, J Zhang - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Methamphetamine (MA) induced addiction and neuroinflammation has been implicated.
Based on the neuroinflammation hypothesis, this study aims to investigate how exercise …

Brain structures and activity during a working memory task associated with internet addiction tendency in young adults: A large sample study

S Sadeghi, H Takeuchi, B Shalani, Y Taki, R Nouchi… - PloS one, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
The structural and functional brain characteristics associated with the excessive use of the
internet have attracted substantial research attention in the past decade. In current study, we …

Regional cerebral metabolism alterations and functional connectivity in individuals with opioid use disorder: An integrated resting-state PET/fMRI study

L **, M Yuan, W Zhang, L Wang, J Chen, Y Wei… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) have been reported to show abnormal brain
metabolism and impaired coupling among brain networks such as the default mode network …

Reward-related responses and tonic craving in cocaine addiction: An imaging study of the monetary incentive delay task

S Zhornitsky, I Dhingra, TM Le, W Wang… - International Journal …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Cocaine addiction is associated with altered sensitivity to natural reinforcers
and intense drug craving. However, previous findings on reward-related responses were …

Noradrenergic correlates of chronic cocaine craving: neuromelanin and functional brain imaging

W Wang, S Zhornitsky, S Zhang, CR Li - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Preclinical studies have implicated noradrenergic (NA) dysfunction in cocaine addiction. In
particular, the NA system plays a central role in motivated behavior and may partake in the …

Modulation of drug craving in crystalline-heroin users by transcranial direct current stimulation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

M Sharifi-Fardshad, M Mehraban-Eshtehardi… - Addiction & …, 2018‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Drug craving, the main cause of relapse and a major motivator for drug use, is a
challenging obstacle in substance use treatment. Transcranial direct current stimulation …

Common and distinct drug cue reactivity patterns associated with cocaine and heroin: an fmri meta-analysis

JM Dejoie, N Senia, AB Konova, DV Smith… - Imaging …, 2024‏ - direct.mit.edu
Substance use and substance use disorders represent ongoing major public health crises.
Specifically, the use of substances such as cocaine and heroin are responsible for over …

Craving for heroin: difference between methadone maintenance therapy patients with and without ADHD

M Coppola, G Sacchetto, R Mondola - Trends in psychiatry and …, 2019‏ - SciELO Brasil
Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental
disorder persisting in adulthood in 40-60% of cases. Clinical and neuroimaging studies …