Yohimbine-induced amygdala activation in pathological gamblers: a pilot study.

There is evidence that drug addiction is associated with increased physiological and psychological responses to stress. In this pilot functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study we assessed whether a prototype behavioral addiction, pathological gambling (PG), is likewise associated with an en...

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Main Authors: Igor Elman, Lino Becerra, Evelyne Tschibelu, Rinah Yamamoto, Edward George, David Borsook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3271103?pdf=render