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Parental substance abuse and function of the motivation and behavioral inhibition systems in drug-naïve youth.
Psychiatry research - 28 Feb 2012
Ivanov Iliyan, Liu Xun, Shulz Kurt, Fan Jin, London Edythe, Friston Karl, Halperin Jeffrey M, Newcorn Jeffrey H
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It is hypothesized that the development of substance abuse (SA) may be due to imbalance in functions of the motivation-reward and behavioral inhibition systems in the brain. This speaks to the search for biological risk factors for SA in drug-naïve children who also exhibit motivational and inhibitory control deficits; however, this type of research is currently lacking. The objective of this study was to...
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