The considerable comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use
disorders (AUD) poses a greater public health burden than either condition alone. Although …

Value-based decision-making is thought to play an important role in drug dependency.
Achieving elevated levels of euphoria or ameliorating dysphoria/pain may motivate goal …

Delay discounting is a common phenomenon in daily life, which refers to the subjective
value of a future reward decreasing as a function of time. Previous studies have identified …

Identifying key neural substrates in addiction disorders for targeted drug development
remains a major challenge for clinical neuroscience. One emerging target is the opioid …

Background Recovery from alcohol use disorders (AUDs) consists of salutary changes in
behavior and affect. While evidence suggests that recovery‐related behavioral changes …

Multimodal imaging is increasingly used to address neuropathology associated with alcohol
use disorder (AUD). Few studies have investigated relationships between metabolite …

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the interhemispheric intrinsic
connectivity measured by resting-state functional MRI (R-fMRI) in middle-aged male …

Trait self-control reflects an individual's frequently demonstrated ability to control impulses,
resist temptations, or form good behavioral habits to conform to higher-order goals. It is …

Alcohol use disorder is complex and multifaceted, involving the coordination of multiple
signaling systems across numerous brain regions. Previous work has indicated that both the …

The salience network, including the insula and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), has been
implicated in nicotine addiction. Structural imaging studies have reported diminished insula …