Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

Background A growing number of studies have investigated delay discounting, a behavioral
economic index of impulsivity, and its relevance to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder …

Background Cocaine use has been consistently associated with decreased gray matter
volumes in the prefrontal cortex. However, it is unclear if such neuroanatomical …

Risky Decision Making in Psychological Disorders provides readers with a detailed
examination of how risky decision making is affected by a wide array of individual …

Currently, levamisole is the most common cocaine adulterant worldwide and it is known to
induce a variety of adverse side effects. Animal studies and human case reports suggest …

Animal and cross‐sectional human studies suggest that chronic cocaine use is associated
with altered responsivity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis to stress. Moreover …

Not everyone who uses drugs loses control over their intake, which is a hallmark of
addiction. Although familial risk studies suggest significant addiction heritability, the genetic …

The α1‐adrenergic antagonist, doxazosin, has improved cocaine use disorder (CUD)
presumably by blocking norepinephrine (NE) stimulation and reward from cocaine‐induced …

Objective: Impulsivity is influenced by genetic, neural, and environmental factors, but no
study has examined how these factors work together to generate individual differences in …

The ascending fibers releasing norepinephrine and acetylcholine are highly active during
wakefulness. In contrast, during rapid-eye-movement sleep, the neocortical tone is …