Preliminary Evidence for Disrupted Nucleus Accumbens Reactivity and Connectivity to Reward in Binge Drinkers.

Aims Dysfunctional brain reward circuitry, particularly in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), has been proposed as a risk factor for alcohol use disorder (AUD). This risk factor may be evident in binge drinkers (BD), who are at high risk for developing AUD. We examined whole-brain and NAcc reactivity to...

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Published in:Alcohol & Alcoholism. Supplement Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 647 - 655
Main Authors: Crane, Natania A, Gorka, Stephanie M, Weafer, Jessica, Langenecker, Scott A, Wit, Harriet de, Phan, K. Luan
Format: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Nov2017
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