Naltrexone implants can completely prevent early (1-month) relapse after opiate detoxification: a pilot study of two cohorts totalling 101 patients with a note on naltrexone blood levels.

abstract：:Dysregulation of histone deacetylases (HDAC) has been proposed as a potential contributor to aberrant transcriptional profiles that can lead to changes in cognitive functions. It is known that METH negatively impacts the prefrontal cortex (PFC) leading to cognitive decline and addiction whereas modafinil enhances cogn...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： González B,Bernardi A,Torres OV,Jayanthi S,Gomez N,Sosa MH,García-Rill E,Urbano FJ,Cadet JL,Bisagno V

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine, the primary addictive component of tobacco, affects the mammalian brain. Smokers' brains have smaller cortical grey matter volumes and/or lower densities compared with non-smokers'. Differences in subcortical structures like the striatum are however, less clear. A high concentration of nicotinic receptors ma...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Das D,Cherbuin N,Anstey KJ,Sachdev PS,Easteal S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of naltrexone (0.7 mg/kg) and/or topiramate (25 mg/kg) on ethanol consumption and the motivation to drink in an oral-operant conditioning paradigm in C57BL/6 mice. Subsequent real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) experiments were performed to analyze gene expre...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Navarrete F,Rubio G,Manzanares J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naltrexone blocks the opioid receptors that modulate the release of dopamine in the brain reward system and therefore blocks the rewarding effects of heroin and alcohol. It is generally assumed that naltrexone leads to reduction of craving, but few studies have been performed to prove this. The purpose of the present ...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Dijkstra BA,De Jong CA,Bluschke SM,Krabbe PF,van der Staak CP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid system appears to play a critical facilitative role in mediating the reinforcing effects of nicotine and relapse to nicotine-seeking behaviour in abstinent subjects based on the actions of cannabinoid (CB) receptor antagonists. However, the effects of CB receptor stimulation on nicotine self-administra...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Gamaleddin I,Wertheim C,Zhu AZ,Coen KM,Vemuri K,Makryannis A,Goldberg SR,Le Foll B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its primary role in drug-seeking, consumption and addictive behaviour, there is a growing interest in identifying the neural circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation, maintenance and retrieval of drug-related memories. Human studies, which focused on neuronal systems that store and control...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Carbo-Gas M,Vazquez-Sanroman D,Aguirre-Manzo L,Coria-Avila GA,Manzo J,Sanchis-Segura C,Miquel M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the opioid antagonist naltrexone and corticotropin-releasing factor type-1 receptor (CRF-R1) antagonists have been investigated for the treatment of alcoholism. The current study examines the combination of naltrexone and CP154526 to reduce intermittent access ethanol drinking [intermittent access to alcohol (IAA...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Hwa LS,Shimamoto A,Kayyali T,Norman KJ,Valentino RJ,DeBold JF,Miczek KA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral sensitization to cocaine is associated to neuroadaptations that contribute to addiction. Enkephalin is highly expressed in mesocorticolimbic areas associated with cocaine-induced sensitization; however, their influence on cocaine-dependent behavioral and neuronal plasticity has not been explained. In this s...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Mongi-Bragato B,Zamponi E,García-Keller C,Assis MA,Virgolini MB,Mascó DH,Zimmer A,Cancela LM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine, a non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonist, has emerged as an increasingly popular drug among young drug abusers worldwide. Available evidence suggests that ketamine produces acute impairments of working, episodic and semantic memory along with psychotogenic and dissociative effects when ...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Sun L,Li Q,Li Q,Zhang Y,Liu D,Jiang H,Pan F,Yew DT

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two analytical techniques (RIA and GC-MS) were used for the simultaneous identification and determination of heroin, cocaine and their metabolites in the urine and hair of 200 drug addicts. Opiates tests were positive in 182 hair samples and 145 urine samples, whereas cocaine tests were positive in 173 hair samples an...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Tabernero MJ,Bermejo AM,Fernandez P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total concentration of THC has been monitored in cannabis preparations sold in Dutch coffee shops since 1999. This annual monitoring was issued by the Ministry of Health after reports of increased potency. The level of the main psychoactive compound, Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is measured in marijuana and ...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Pijlman FT,Rigter SM,Hoek J,Goldschmidt HM,Niesink RJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The habit of chewing fresh leaves and twigs of khat (Catha edulis) for their stimulating amphetamine-like effects is highly prevalent in East Africa and southwest on the Arabic peninsula. There is an extensive literature on khat providing information about its history, botany, production, geographical distribution, ch...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Al-Hebshi NN,Skaug N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the involvement of dopamine in gambling disorder (GD) has long been hypothesized, its precise role remains unclear. The action of dopamine in the synapses is regulated by the dopamine transporter (DAT). We hereinafter present significant differences between a sample of 15 treatment-seeking GD subjects and 17 ...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Pettorruso M,Martinotti G,Cocciolillo F,De Risio L,Cinquino A,Di Nicola M,Camardese G,Migliara G,Moccia L,Conte E,Janiri L,Di Giuda D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have emphasized the role of learning in the development of rapid and chronic tolerances. Recently, it was shown that the NMDA antagonists MK-801(dizocilpine) and ketamine block the development of tolerance to ethanol in rats submitted to tilt-plane apparatus. The present study examines the generality o...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Barreto PS,Lemos T,Morato GS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking withdrawal is associated with significant deficits in the ability to initiate and maintain attention for extended periods of time (i.e. sustained attention; SA). However, the effects of smoking abstinence on the temporal dynamics of neurocognition during SA have not been evaluated. Twenty adult smokers underwe...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Kozink RV,Lutz AM,Rose JE,Froeliger B,McClernon FJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding genetic factors that contribute to cannabis use disorder (CUD) is important, but to date, findings have been equivocal. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cannabinoid receptor 1 gene (CNR1; rs1049353 and rs806378) and fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) gene (rs324420) have been implicated in CU...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Hindocha C,Freeman TP,Schafer G,Gardner C,Bloomfield MAP,Bramon E,Morgan CJA,Curran HV

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betel quid chewing has been claimed to produce a sense of well-being, euphoria, warm sensation of the body, sweating, salivation, palpitation, heightened alertness and increased capacity to work. These effects suggest that betel quid chewing affects predominantly the central and autonomic nervous systems. Several stud...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Chu NS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies show that substance dependence disorders are characterized by an enhanced processing of substance-related stimuli. The present study was designed to examine the association between craving levels and selective processing of drug cues in cocaine-dependent patients using event-related brain potentials (E...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Franken IH,Dietvorst RC,Hesselmans M,Franzek EJ,van de Wetering BJ,Van Strien JW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the exact physiological mechanisms underlying cocaine dependence remain unclear, a growing body of evidence indicates a role for the serotonergic neurotransmitter system in the pathology of this substance use disorder. The focus of the present study is to determine whether genetic variation in the tryptophan hyd...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Dahl JP,Cubells JF,Ray R,Weller AE,Lohoff FW,Ferraro TN,Oslin DW,Kampman KM,Dackis C,Tang Y,Gelernter J,Kranzler HR,O'Brien CP,Berrettini WH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies conducted in drug addiction suggest a transition in processing of drug-related cues from the ventral to the dorsal component of the striatum. However, this process has not been studied in a behavioral addiction. Assessment of this process in a non-drug addiction can provide insight into the pathophysiology of ...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Liu L,Yip SW,Zhang JT,Wang LJ,Shen ZJ,Liu B,Ma SS,Yao YW,Fang XY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internet use and on-line game play stimulate corticostriatal-limbic circuitry in both healthy subjects and subjects with Internet gaming disorder (IGD). We hypothesized that increased fractional anisotropy (FA) with decreased radial diffusivity (RD) would be observed in IGD subjects, compared with healthy control subj...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Jeong BS,Han DH,Kim SM,Lee SW,Renshaw PF

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to smoking-associated environmental cues during smoke cessation elicits self-reported urge/craving to smoke, which precipitates relapse even after prolonged abstinence. Incubation of cue-induced cigarettes craving during abstinence has been observed in human smokers recently. The present studies assessed cue-...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Markou A,Li J,Tse K,Li X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity represents an important risk factor contributing to the global burden of disease. The current obesogenic environment with easy access to calorie-dense foods is fueling this obesity epidemic. However, how these foods contribute to the progression of feeding behavior changes that lead to overeating is not well u...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Espinosa-Carrasco J,Burokas A,Fructuoso M,Erb I,Martín-García E,Gutiérrez-Martos M,Notredame C,Maldonado R,Dierssen M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of using amphetamine isomer ratios to determine individual compliance with a Dexedrine (dexamphetamine, Celltech, Slough, UK) treatment regimen for the maintenance and detoxification from amphetamine abuse has been audited. The calculation of l/d-amphetamine isomer ratios in urine has been shown prev...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： George S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderately sized, case-control studies have related alcohol dependence in middle-aged in-patients to lower second-to-fourth finger length ratio (2D:4D), a proxy for prenatal hyperandrogenization. As primary aim, we here intended to confirm that lower 2D:4D is also associated with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of M...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Lenz B,Mühle C,Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors.,Kornhuber J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major advances have been made in understanding nicotine addiction and smoking behaviour in recent years. In particular, evidence for the relative importance of genetic and environmental effects on smoking initiation and persistence has emerged from behaviour genetic studies. These data have supported evidence from mol...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Munafò M,Johnstone E,Murphy M,Walton R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The α1 -adrenergic antagonist, doxazosin, has improved cocaine use disorder (CUD) presumably by blocking norepinephrine (NE) stimulation and reward from cocaine-induced NE increases. If the NE levels for release were lower, then doxazosin might more readily block this NE stimulation and be more effective. The NE avail...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Zhang X,Nielsen DA,Domingo CB,Shorter DI,Nielsen EM,Kosten TR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a public health crisis. Differences in opioid withdrawal severity that predict treatment outcome could facilitate the process of matching patients to treatments. This is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that enrolled treatment seeking heroin-users (N = 89, males ...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Dunn KE,Weerts EM,Huhn AS,Schroeder JR,Tompkins DA,Bigelow GE,Strain EC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lewis (LEW) and Fischer 344 (F344) inbred rat strains are frequently used to study the role of genetic factors in vulnerability to drug addiction and relapse. Glutamate and γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) transmission are significantly altered after cocaine-induced reinstatement, although whether LEW and F344 rats dif...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Miguéns M,Botreau F,Olías O,Del Olmo N,Coria SM,Higuera-Matas A,Ambrosio E

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette-dependent smokers automatically and involuntarily orient attention toward smoking cues (SCs). This attentional bias is clinically significant, as it may contribute to relapse. Thus, identifying neural and genetic correlates of attentional bias is critical for improving interventions. Our previous studies sho...

journal_title：Addiction biology

authors： Wetherill RR,Jagannathan K,Lohoff FW,Ehrman R,O'Brien CP,Childress AR,Franklin TR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00