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- Title
Interaction between family history of alcoholism and Locus of Control in the opioid regulation of impulsive responding under the influence of alcohol.
- Authors
Altamirano, Lee J; Fields, Howard L; D'Esposito, Mark; Boettiger, Charlotte A
- Abstract
Naltrexone (NTX) is an opioid antagonist indicated for the treatment of alcoholism, which is not universally effective. Thus, identifying individual predictors of NTX's behavioral effects is critical to optimizing its therapeutic use. Moreover, given the high rate of relapse during treatment for alcoholism, understanding NTX's behavioral effects when combined with moderate ethanol intake is important. Our previous study of abstinent alcoholics and control subjects showed that a more internal Locus of Control score predicted increased impulsive choice on NTX (Mitchell et al., 2007, Neuropsychopharmacology 32:439-449). Here, we tested whether this predictive relationship remains in the context of moderate alcohol intake.
- Publication
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2011, Vol 35, Issue 11, p1905
- ISSN
1530-0277
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01535.x