2005
Cue-Induced Brain Activity Changes and Relapse in Cocaine-Dependent Patients
Kosten TR, Scanley BE, Tucker KA, Oliveto A, Prince C, Sinha R, Potenza MN, Skudlarski P, Wexler BE. Cue-Induced Brain Activity Changes and Relapse in Cocaine-Dependent Patients. Neuropsychopharmacology 2005, 31: 644-650. PMID: 16123763, DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPosterior cingulate cortexCocaine-related cuesCocaine-dependent patientsBrain activationTreatment effectiveness scoreSensory association corticesBrain activity changesPCC activationCocaine cuesSuperior temporalBOLD activationCingulate cortexSubjective reportsTreatment developmentAssociation cortexCuesProcessing areasCocaine abusePhysiological activationCortexNonrelapsersBest predictorCocaine-free urinesDrug use
2003
Gambling Urges in Pathological Gambling: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Potenza MN, Steinberg MA, Skudlarski P, Fulbright RK, Lacadie CM, Wilber MK, Rounsaville BJ, Gore JC, Wexler BE. Gambling Urges in Pathological Gambling: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. JAMA Psychiatry 2003, 60: 828-836. PMID: 12912766, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.8.828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathological gamblingGambling urgesBrain activityEchoplanar functional magnetic resonance imagingPG subjectsFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyGroup differencesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVentral anterior cingulateRegional brain activityBrain activity changesGambling cuesMagnetic resonance imaging studyResonance imaging studyNeural correlatesMotivational responsesBrain mechanismsGambling stimuliImpulse regulationTemporal epochsSad contentGambling behaviorOrbitofrontal cortexLimbic brain structuresAnterior cingulate