Functional and structural brain abnormalities in substance use disorder: a multimodal meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

H Yan, S Xiao, S Fu, J Gong, Z Qi… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Numerous neuroimaging studies of resting‐state functional imaging and voxel‐
based morphometry (VBM) have revealed that patients with substance use disorder (SUD) …

Gray and white matter morphology in substance use disorders: a neuroimaging systematic review and meta-analysis

V Pando-Naude, S Toxto, S Fernandez-Lozano… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are characterized by a compulsion to seek and consume
one or more substances of abuse, with a perceived loss of control and a negative emotional …

The thalamus in drug addiction: from rodents to humans

AS Huang, JA Mitchell, SN Haber… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Impairments in response inhibition and salience attribution (iRISA) have been proposed to
underlie the clinical symptoms of drug addiction as mediated by cortico-striatal-thalamo …

A virtual reality meditative intervention modulates pain and the pain neuromatrix in patients with opioid use disorder

MM Faraj, NM Lipanski, A Morales, E Goldberg… - Pain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Standard of care for opioid use disorder (OUD) includes medication and
counseling. However, there is an unmet need for complementary approaches to treat OUD …

Testing associations between cannabis use and subcortical volumes in two large population‐based samples

NA Gillespie, MC Neale, TC Bates, LT Eyler… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Disentangling the putative impact of cannabis on brain morphology
from other comorbid substance use is critical. After controlling for the effects of nicotine …

The associations of comorbid substance use disorders and psychiatric conditions with adolescent brain structure and function: A review

DS Kroll, DE Feldman, SYA Wang, R Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Adolescence is a period of rapid neural and behavioral development that often precipitates
substance use, substance use disorders (SUDs), and other psychopathology. While …

Correlates of methamphetamine use severity among patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder in Vietnam

MJ Li, CN Okafor, NB Diep, SJ Shoptaw - Journal of substance abuse …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the severity of methamphetamine use among methadone
maintenance treatment (MMT) patients in Vietnam with opioid use disorder and concurrent …

Macroscopic and Microscopic Cerebral Findings in Drug and Alcohol Abusers: The Point of View of the Forensic Pathologist

A Montana, L Alfieri, M Neri, D Piano, E Renier, M Marti… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Drug abuse still represents a significant challenge for forensic pathologists; it must always
be considered during the autopsy examination when the brain morphological alterations …

Fronto-temporal cortical atrophy in 'nyaope'combination heroin and cannabis use disorder

NA Ndlovu, N Morgan, S Malapile… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the top three regions with the highest rates of opioid-
related premature mortality. Nyaope is the street name for what is believed to be a drug …

A retrospective analysis of substance use among female psychiatric patients in Saudi Arabia

AA Alodhayani, KM Almutairi, JM Vinluan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study investigated the prevalence of substance use (SU), and its risk factors,
among women attending psychiatric outpatients center in Saudi Arabia. Design A …