2019
How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence
McClintock C, Worhunsky P, Balodis I, Sinha R, Miller L, Potenza M. How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2019, 6: 253-262. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-019-00195-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain mechanismsStress processingSelf-referential processingFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataPotential brain mechanismsSpecific brain mechanismsImportant resilience factorMental disordersPreliminary fMRI dataStress-related psychopathologyMechanisms of psychopathologyDefault mode networkStress-related mental disordersCognitive processingNeurobiological evidenceNeural mechanismsNeural responsesNeuroscientific researchResilience factorsMagnetic resonance imaging dataNeural circuitryFMRI dataStress responsivityBrain regionsAcute stress
2015
Neural Mechanisms Associated with Stress‐Induced Drug Craving
Milivojevic V, Fox H, Sinha R. Neural Mechanisms Associated with Stress‐Induced Drug Craving. 2015, 240-265. DOI: 10.1002/9781118472415.ch11.ChaptersStress-induced drug cravingDrug cravingBrain circuitryMedial prefrontal activityStress-induced cravingCue-induced cravingHigh arousal statesPathophysiology of addictionRole of stressAvoidance motivationBiology of stressNeural correlatesPrefrontal activityIncentive motivationNeural mechanismsAddicted individualsNegative reinforcementDrug useRelapse outcomesCravingArousal stateSubstance abuseAnxietyMotivationConditions of stress
2013
Stress as a Common Risk Factor for Obesity and Addiction
Sinha R, Jastreboff AM. Stress as a Common Risk Factor for Obesity and Addiction. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 73: 827-835. PMID: 23541000, PMCID: PMC3658316, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.032.BooksConceptsNeurobiology of stressHP foodsIncentive salienceFood motivationIntegrative heuristic modelFood-related motivationDevelopment of addictionBiology of stressNeural mechanismsNeurobiological mechanismsAddiction relapsePalatable foodAddictive drugsAllostatic loadMotivationRisk factorsSalienceHigh levelsNeurobiologyHeuristic modelEnergy homeostasisWeight gainAddictionFuture directionsDopaminergic activity
2011
Neural Mechanisms of Stress and Addiction
Seo D, Sinha R. Neural Mechanisms of Stress and Addiction. 2011, 209-233. DOI: 10.1002/9781119998938.ch9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research