2018
Can neuroimaging help combat the opioid epidemic? A systematic review of clinical and pharmacological challenge fMRI studies with recommendations for future research
Moningka H, Lichenstein S, Worhunsky PD, DeVito EE, Scheinost D, Yip SW. Can neuroimaging help combat the opioid epidemic? A systematic review of clinical and pharmacological challenge fMRI studies with recommendations for future research. Neuropsychopharmacology 2018, 44: 259-273. PMID: 30283002, PMCID: PMC6300537, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0232-4.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsOpioid use disorderOpioid epidemicTreatment responseTask-based fMRI paradigmsUrgent public health problemMedication-assisted treatmentPrescription opioid usersCurrent opioid epidemicPublic health problemEvidence-based treatmentsPaucity of literatureHeroin cuesOpioid medicationsRelapse rateOpioid systemOpioid usersFuture neuroimaging studiesSignificant individual variabilityHealthcare costsWithdrawal effectsHealthy individualsHealth problemsSystematic reviewExtended abstinenceNeuroimaging studies
2014
Cannabis Abstinence During Treatment and One-Year Follow-Up: Relationship to Neural Activity in Men
Kober H, DeVito EE, DeLeone CM, Carroll KM, Potenza MN. Cannabis Abstinence During Treatment and One-Year Follow-Up: Relationship to Neural Activity in Men. Neuropsychopharmacology 2014, 39: 2288-2298. PMID: 24705568, PMCID: PMC4138744, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.82.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCannabis-dependent groupHealthy comparison groupNeural activityCognitive controlLess cannabisDorsal anterior cingulate cortexCognitive control taskCognitive behavioral therapyTreatment development effortsCannabis-dependent individualsAnterior cingulate cortexAddiction-related processesFMRI taskSubstance use disordersCannabis abstinenceCingulate cortexVentral striatumCannabis dependenceCannabis useContingency managementLess abstinenceAbstinenceHealthy individualsCannabisGreater activity
2010
Dopamine precursor depletion improves punishment prediction during reversal learning in healthy females but not males
Robinson OJ, Standing HR, DeVito EE, Cools R, Sahakian BJ. Dopamine precursor depletion improves punishment prediction during reversal learning in healthy females but not males. Psychopharmacology 2010, 211: 187-195. PMID: 20495788, PMCID: PMC2892070, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1880-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDA synthesisHealthy individualsParkinson's diseaseMale subjectsPlacebo-controlled crossover designCertain psychiatric disordersPunishment processingDA depletionDopamine synthesisHealthy femalesPsychiatric disordersCrossover designFemale subjectsDiseaseNeurotransmitter dopamineGender biasesReward processingThree-way interactionReversal learningSubjectsDepletion procedurePunishment predictionGender differencesSignificant improvement