Basolateral amygdala and stress-induced hyperexcitability affect motivated behaviors and addiction

BM Sharp - Translational psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
The amygdala integrates and processes incoming information pertinent to reward and to
emotions such as fear and anxiety that promote survival by warning of potential danger …

Better living through understanding the insula: Why subregions can make all the difference

SW Centanni, AC Janes, DL Haggerty, B Atwood… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Insula function is considered critical for many motivated behaviors, with proposed functions
ranging from attention, behavioral control, emotional regulation, goal-directed and aversion …

Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction.

KC Berridge, TE Robinson - American Psychologist, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Rewards are both “liked” and “wanted,” and those 2 words seem almost interchangeable.
However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psychological process of “wanting” a particular …

[PDF][PDF] Unraveling the complex relationship between alcohol and cancer risk: Effects of alcohol on health

I Karunarathna, K De Alvis, P Gunasena… - 2024 - researchgate.net
Alcohol has been a significant aspect of human culture for millennia, consumed in various
contexts ranging from rituals to daily nutrition. This paper examines the dual nature of …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding alcohol-related oxidative stress and its implications for chronic disease

I Karunarathna, K De Alvis, P Gunasena… - 2024 - researchgate.net
Alcohol has been a significant aspect of human culture for millennia, consumed in various
contexts ranging from rituals to daily nutrition. This paper examines the dual nature of …

[PDF][PDF] The role of alcohol in cardiovascular and neurological disorders: Current perspectives

I Karunarathna, K De Alvis, P Gunasena… - 2024 - researchgate.net
Alcohol has been a significant aspect of human culture for millennia, consumed in various
contexts ranging from rituals to daily nutrition. This paper examines the dual nature of …

Factors modulating neural reactivity to drug cues in addiction: a survey of human neuroimaging studies

AJ Jasinska, EA Stein, J Kaiser, MJ Naumer… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human neuroimaging studies suggest that neural cue reactivity is strongly associated with
indices of drug use, including addiction severity and treatment success. However, little is …

Functional neuroimaging studies of alcohol cue reactivity: a quantitative meta‐analysis and systematic review

JP Schacht, RF Anton, H Myrick - Addiction biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A comprehensive understanding of the neurobiology of alcohol cue reactivity is
critical in identifying the neuropathology of alcohol use disorders (AUD) and develo** …

The Insula: A Critical Neural Substrate for Drug Seeking under Conflict and Risk

NH Naqvi, A Bechara - The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter begins with a summary of the initial findings on the effects of insula lesions on
smoking behavior as well as more recent human‐lesion studies that replicate and extend …

[HTML][HTML] Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in alcohol dependence: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled proof-of-concept trial targeting the medial …

M Harel, I Perini, R Kämpe, U Alyagon, H Shalev… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Alcohol addiction is associated with a high disease burden, and treatment
options are limited. In a proof-of-concept study, we used deep repetitive transcranial …