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- Title
Standardized stimuli to assess drug craving and drug memory in addicts.
- Authors
Grüsser, S M; Heinz, A; Flor, H
- Abstract
Due to conditioning processes, originally neutral stimuli become drug-associated cues and can initiate drug craving. Standardized stimuli are required to assess stimulus-induced activation of drug memory and craving in brain imaging and neurophysiology studies. We developed substance-specific visual and olfactory stimuli for alcohol, tobacco, opiate and cannabis abuse and tested them in subjects with the respective addiction and in healthy volunteers. Stimulus-related drug craving differed significantly between the diagnostic groups and indicated that the stimuli are suitable for craving studies.
- Publication
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2000, Vol 107, Issue 6, p715
- ISSN
0300-9564
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s007020070072