2017
Reward-related frontostriatal activity and smoking behavior among adolescents in treatment for smoking cessation
Garrison KA, Yip SW, Balodis IM, Carroll KM, Potenza MN, Krishnan-Sarin S. Reward-related frontostriatal activity and smoking behavior among adolescents in treatment for smoking cessation. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 177: 268-276. PMID: 28651213, PMCID: PMC5564393, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent smokersReward anticipationNeural responsesMonetary incentive delay taskBehavioral Activation ScaleIncentive delay taskNeural reward systemVentral striatal activationCessation treatmentMedial prefrontal cortexBilateral nucleus accumbensNeural correlatesSmoking cessation treatmentActivation ScalesBehavioral inhibitionFrontostriatal responseDelay taskFrontostriatal activityAdolescent nonsmokersStriatal activationPrefrontal cortexEffective smoking cessation interventionsReward systemSmoking cessation interventionTobacco use disorder
2016
Intra-individual changes in Stroop-related activations linked to cigarette abstinence in adolescent tobacco smokers: Preliminary findings
Yip SW, Balodis IM, Carroll KM, Krishnan-Sarin S, Potenza MN. Intra-individual changes in Stroop-related activations linked to cigarette abstinence in adolescent tobacco smokers: Preliminary findings. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2016, 167: 182-189. PMID: 27567966, PMCID: PMC5082713, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingCognitive control taskStroop task performanceAdolescent tobacco smokersMore effective treatment interventionsCessation treatmentIntra-individual changesEffective treatment interventionsSuccessful behavioral changeIndividual-level changeGroup-level changesCognitive efficiencyBrain mechanismsFMRI scanningTask performanceNeural mechanismsNeural responsesNeural activityFMRI dataControl taskStroopTreatment interventionsMain effectCigarette abstinenceOptimal treatment response