Scientists scan brains to unlock opioid Addiction's grip on choices
NCT ID NCT03958474
Summary
This small, completed study aimed to understand how opioid addiction and withdrawal affect a person's ability to make decisions. Researchers used brain scans (MRI) and computer gambling tasks to see how the brain works during these choices in 12 people with opioid use disorder. A secondary goal was to test a safe dose of a short-acting opioid for use in future research.
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Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology
Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0086, United States
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