The endocannabinoid system and the brain

R Mechoulam, LA Parker - Annual review of psychology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The psychoactive constituent in cannabis, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was isolated in
the mid-1960s, but the cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2, and the major endogenous …

Factors modulating neural reactivity to drug cues in addiction: a survey of human neuroimaging studies

AJ Jasinska, EA Stein, J Kaiser, MJ Naumer… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human neuroimaging studies suggest that neural cue reactivity is strongly associated with
indices of drug use, including addiction severity and treatment success. However, little is …

Structural and functional imaging studies in chronic cannabis users: a systematic review of adolescent and adult findings

A Batalla, S Bhattacharyya, M Yuecel, P Fusar-Poli… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The growing concern about cannabis use, the most commonly used illicit drug
worldwide, has led to a significant increase in the number of human studies using …

Food and drug cues activate similar brain regions: a meta-analysis of functional MRI studies

DW Tang, LK Fellows, DM Small, A Dagher - Physiology & behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
In healthy individuals, food cues can trigger hunger and feeding behavior. Likewise,
smoking cues can trigger craving and relapse in smokers. Brain imaging studies report that …

Long-term effects of marijuana use on the brain

FM Filbey, S Aslan, VD Calhoun… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Questions surrounding the effects of chronic marijuana use on brain structure continue to
increase. To date, however, findings remain inconclusive. In this comprehensive study that …

Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings

GS Dichter, CA Damiano, JA Allen - Journal of neurodevelopmental …, 2012 - Springer
This review summarizes evidence of dysregulated reward circuitry function in a range of
neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders and genetic syndromes. First, the …

Interoception and drug addiction

MP Paulus, JL Stewart - Neuropharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
The role of interoception and its neural basis with relevance to drug addiction is reviewed.
Interoception consists of the receiving, processing, and integrating body-relevant signals …

The neural basis of drug stimulus processing and craving: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

HW Chase, SB Eickhoff, AR Laird, L Hogarth - Biological psychiatry, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The capacity of drug cues to elicit drug-seeking behavior is believed to play
a fundamental role in drug dependence; yet the neurofunctional basis of human drug cue …

The use of virtual reality in craving assessment and cue-exposure therapy in substance use disorders

A Hone-Blanchet, T Wensing… - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Craving is recognized as an important diagnosis criterion for substance use disorders
(SUDs) and a predictive factor of relapse. Various methods to study craving exist; however …

Grey matter alterations associated with cannabis use: results of a VBM study in heavy cannabis users and healthy controls

J Cousijn, RW Wiers, KR Ridderinkhof… - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Cannabis abuse is related to impairments in a broad range of cognitive functions. However,
studies on cannabis abuse in relation to brain structure are sparse and results are …