Understanding the cognitive sequela of repeated cocaine use is a growing area of research
and is crucial to the development of cognitive models of addiction. We systematically …

Background The predominant view of chronic cocaine use maintains that it causes a broad
range of cognitive deficits. However, concerns about the possibly deleterious impact of …

Context In alcohol-dependent patients, brain atrophy and functional brain activation elicited
by alcohol-associated stimuli may predict relapse. However, to date, the interaction between …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the cognitive performance of cocaine
dependent individuals (CDI) with that of pathological gamblers (PG). Cocaine dependence …

Delineating common and separable neural alterations in substance use disorders (SUD) is
imperative to understand the neurobiological basis of the addictive process and to inform …

Illicit psychostimulant addiction remains a significant problem worldwide, despite decades of
research into the neural underpinnings and various treatment approaches. The purpose of …

Pathological gambling (PG) shares clinical characteristics such as craving and loss of
control with substance use disorders and is thus considered a behavioral addiction. While …

Drug addiction is a compulsive behavioral abnormality. In spite of pharmacological
treatments and psychosocial support to reduce or eliminate drug intake, addiction tends to …

Dysregulation in cognitive control networks may mediate core characteristics of drug
addiction. Cocaine dependence has been particularly associated with low activation in the …

Prefrontal cortex executive functions, such as working memory (WM) interact with limbic
processes to foster impulse control. Such an interaction is referred to in a growing body of …