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Neurocircuitry of Addiction: A brain reward deficit, stress surfeit and executive function disorder

G Koob · Suchttherapie · 2013 · Heft 09

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Suchttherapie
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G Koob
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Heft 09 / 2013
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Erschienen: 2013-09-02 00:00:00
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1439-9903

Zusammenfassung

Drug addiction has been hypothesized to be a chronically relapsing disorder of compulsive drug seeking and taking that progresses through three stages: binge/intoxication, withdrawal/negative affect, and preoccupation/anticipation. Drug addiction includes elements of positive reinforcement (binge/intoxication stage) and negative reinforcement (withdrawal/negative affect stage). The construct of negative reinforcement in addiction is defined as drug taking that alleviates a negative emotional state. The negative emotional state that drives such negative reinforcement is hypothesized to derive from dysregulation o…

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Reward Executive Function Amygdala Anxiety Affect Suchttherapie