The neurobiology of impulsivity and substance use disorders: implications for treatment

K Kozak, AM Lucatch, DJE Lowe… - Annals of the New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Impulsivity is strongly associated with substance use disorders (SUDs). Our review
discusses impulsivity as an underlying vulnerability marker for SUDs, and treatment of co …

Impulsivity as a vulnerability marker for substance-use disorders: review of findings from high-risk research, problem gamblers and genetic association studies

A Verdejo-García, AJ Lawrence, L Clark - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2008 - Elsevier
There is a longstanding association between substance-use disorders (SUDs) and the
psychological construct of impulsivity. In the first section of this review, personality and …

Toxicity of amphetamines: an update

M Carvalho, H Carmo, VM Costa, JP Capela… - Archives of …, 2012 - Springer
Amphetamines represent a class of psychotropic compounds, widely abused for their
stimulant, euphoric, anorectic, and, in some cases, emphathogenic, entactogenic, and …

Drug addiction and the memory systems of the brain

TW Robbins, KD Ersche… - Annals of the New York …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We review drug addiction from the perspective of the hypothesis that drugs of abuse interact
with distinct brain memory systems. We focus on emotional and procedural forms of memory …

Smoking and structural brain deficits: a volumetric MR investigation

J Gallinat, E Meisenzahl, LK Jacobsen… - European Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Growing evidence from animal studies indicates brain‐damaging properties of nicotine
exposure. Investigations in humans found a wide range of functional cerebral effects of …

Mechanisms of action and persistent neuroplasticity by drugs of abuse

ER Korpi, B den Hollander, U Farooq… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Adaptation of the nervous system to different chemical and physiologic conditions is
important for the homeostasis of brain processes and for learning and remembering …

Neuropathology of substance use disorders

JL Cadet, V Bisagno, CM Milroy - Acta neuropathologica, 2014 - Springer
Addictions to licit and illicit drugs are chronic relapsing brain disorders that affect circuits that
regulate reward, motivation, memory, and decision-making. Drug-induced pathological …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of ecstasy-induced neurotoxicity: an overview

JP Capela, H Carmo, F Remião, ML Bastos… - Molecular …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract “Ecstasy”[(±)-3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, XTC, X, E] is a
psychoactive recreational hallucinogenic substance and a major worldwide drug of abuse …

Abuse of amphetamines and structural abnormalities in the brain

S Berman, J O'Neill, S Fears… - Annals of the New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We review evidence that structural brain abnormalities are associated with abuse of
amphetamines. A brief history of amphetamine use/abuse and evidence for toxicity is …

What's new in neuroimaging methods?

PA Bandettini - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid advancement of neuroimaging methodology and its growing availability has
transformed neuroscience research. The answers to many questions that we ask about how …