2021
Midcingulate Cortical Activations Interrelate Chronic Craving and Physiological Responses to Negative Emotions in Cocaine Addiction
Zhornitsky S, Le TM, Wang W, Dhingra I, Chen Y, Li CR, Zhang S. Midcingulate Cortical Activations Interrelate Chronic Craving and Physiological Responses to Negative Emotions in Cocaine Addiction. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2021, 1: 37-47. PMID: 35664438, PMCID: PMC9164547, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2021.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD subjectsCocaine cravingMidcingulate cortexControl subjectsSkin conductance responsesBrain activationHealthy control subjectsCocaine Craving QuestionnaireCocaine-dependent subjectsInferior parietal gyrusRegional brain activationChronic cocaineParietal gyrusMotor circuitsPhysiological responsesCocaine addictionDrug cravingCravingNeutral imagesNoradrenergic correlates of chronic cocaine craving: neuromelanin and functional brain imaging
Wang W, Zhornitsky S, Zhang S, Li CR. Noradrenergic correlates of chronic cocaine craving: neuromelanin and functional brain imaging. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021, 46: 851-859. PMID: 33408330, PMCID: PMC8027452, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-00937-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Resting state hypothalamic and dorsomedial prefrontal cortical connectivity of the periaqueductal gray in cocaine addiction
Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Wang W, Le TM, Dhingra I, Chen Y, Li C. Resting state hypothalamic and dorsomedial prefrontal cortical connectivity of the periaqueductal gray in cocaine addiction. Addiction Biology 2020, 26: e12989. PMID: 33300238, PMCID: PMC8614224, DOI: 10.1111/adb.12989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeriaqueductal grayPain circuitsDrug useCocaine addictionFunctional connectivityPrefrontal cortical connectivityState functional connectivityReward circuit dysfunctionRecent cocaine useHealthy control participantsInferior parietal cortexCompulsive drug useHabitual drug useCircuit dysfunctionCocaine withdrawalCocaine-dependent individualsCocaine cravingCortical connectivitySignificant anxietyDorsomedial prefrontalParietal cortexCocaine useIntrinsic connectivitySubcortical hubsDrug seekingCue-elicited functional connectivity of the periaqueductal gray and tonic cocaine craving
Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Wang W, Dhingra I, Le TM, Li CR. Cue-elicited functional connectivity of the periaqueductal gray and tonic cocaine craving. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 216: 108240. PMID: 32853997, PMCID: PMC7606798, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeriaqueductal grayPain circuitsHabitual drug useCocaine withdrawalCocaine cravingDrug useCue exposureNeutral cue exposureReward circuit dysfunctionCocaine Craving QuestionnaireCocaine cue exposureChronic cocaine useSex differencesCocaine-dependent participantsCircuit dysfunctionFemale CDVentromedial prefrontal cortexCocaine useCocaine addictionFunctional connectivityPrefrontal cortexDependent participantsWithdrawalHigher activationCocaine
2018
Ventral striatal dysfunction in cocaine dependence – difference mapping for subregional resting state functional connectivity
Zhang S, Li CR. Ventral striatal dysfunction in cocaine dependence – difference mapping for subregional resting state functional connectivity. Translational Psychiatry 2018, 8: 119. PMID: 29915214, PMCID: PMC6006289, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-018-0164-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsState functional connectivityCocaine dependenceVentral striatumFunctional connectivityVentral striatal dysfunctionExtent of depressionCircuit deficitsDopaminergic deficitFunctional dysconnectivityStriatal dysfunctionRSFC differencesVmPFC connectivitySubregional changesRsFC changesParahippocampal gyrusCocaine cravingCortical connectivityHealthy populationVentromedial prefrontal cortexVisual cortexMental illnessCocaine useRSFCPrefrontal cortexFunctional subregions