Hippocampal volume mediates the relationship between measures of pre-treatment cocaine use and within-treatment cocaine abstinence
Xu J, Kober H, Wang X, DeVito EE, Carroll KM, Potenza MN. Hippocampal volume mediates the relationship between measures of pre-treatment cocaine use and within-treatment cocaine abstinence. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2014, 143: 74-80. PMID: 25115748, PMCID: PMC4165405, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine-dependent patientsHippocampal volumeTreatment outcomesCocaine useCocaine use severityCocaine-negative urine samplesGreater hippocampal volumePoor treatment outcomesPatient groupTreatment trialsContinuous abstinenceHigh-resolution magnetic resonance brain imagesTreatment responseIndividualized treatmentHealthy comparison individualsPatientsCocaine abstinenceCocaine dependenceBehavioral therapyCocaine-related cuesMore daysUrine samplesContingency managementSignificant differencesSignificant correlation