Hippocampal volume mediates the relationship between measures of pre-treatment cocaine use and within-treatment cocaine abstinence Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Xu, Jiansong; Kober, Hedy; Wang, Xin; DeVito, Elise E E; Carroll, Kathleen M; Potenza, Marc N

description

  • Data suggest that the amygdala and hippocampus contribute to cocaine seeking and use, particularly following exposure to cocaine-related cues and contexts. Furthermore, indices of pre-treatment cocaine-use severity have been shown to correlate with treatment outcome in cocaine-dependent patients.

authors

publication date

  • 2014

published in

start page

  • 74

end page

  • 80

volume

  • 143