Basal hippocampal activity and its functional connectivity predicts cocaine relapse

B Adinoff, H Gu, C Merrick, M McHugh… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Cocaine-induced neuroplastic changes may result in a heightened propensity
for relapse. Using regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) as a marker of basal neuronal activity,
this study assessed alterations in rCBF and related resting state functional connectivity
(rsFC) to prospectively predict relapse in patients following treatment for cocaine use
disorder (CUD). Methods Pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling functional magnetic
resonance imaging and resting blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic …