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Sensitivity to monetary reward is most severely compromised in recently abstaining cocaine addicted individuals: A cross-sectional ERP study

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Parvaz, Muhammad A., Maloney, Thomas, Moeller, Scott J., Woicik, Patricia A., Alia-Klein, Nelly, Telang, Frank, Wang, Gene-Jack, Squires, Nancy K. +2 more·2012·Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that drug-addicted individuals have a dampened cortical response to non-drug rewards. However, it remains unclear whether recency of drug use impacts this impairment. Therefore, in this event-related potential study, recency of cocaine use was objectively determined by measuring cocaine in urine on study day. Thirty-five individuals with current cocaine use disorder [CUD: 21 testing positive (CUD+) and 14 testing negative (CUD-) for cocaine in urine] and 23 healthy controls completed a sustained attention task with graded monetary incentives (0¢, 1¢ and 45¢). Unlike in controls, in both CUD subgroups P300 amplitude was not modulated by the varying amounts of money and the CUD- showed the most severe impairment as documented by the lowest P300 amplitudes and task accuracy. Moreover, while recency of drug use was associated with better accuracy and higher P300 amplitudes, chronic drug use was associated with lower sensitivity to money. These results extend our previous findings of decreased sustained sensitivity to monetary reward in CUD+ to recently abstaining individuals, where level of impairment was most severe. Taken together, these results support the self-medication hypothesis, where CUD may be self-administering cocaine to avoid or compensate for underlying cognitive and emotional difficulties albeit with a long-term detrimental effect on sensitivity to non-drug reward.

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Parvaz, M. A., Maloney, T., Moeller, S. J., Woicik, P. A., Alia-Klein, N., Telang, F., Wang, G.-J., Squires, N. K., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z.
Affiliations
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (US)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (US)
Corresponding author
Goldstein, Rita Z.
Venue
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-07
Volume
203
Issue
1
Pages
75-82
ISSN
0925-4927 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1995339722
Cited by
49
References
79
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01DA023579)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
cocaine dependence, P300, event-related potentials, cocaine abstinence, sustained attention, self-medication hypothesis
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain, Cocaine, Cross-Sectional Studies, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Reward, Case-Control Studies, Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, Event-Related Potentials, P300, Cocaine-Related Disorders

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