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| Udi E GhitzaSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Randomized trial of prize-based reinforcement density for simultaneous abstinence from cocaine and heroinUdi E Ghitza
Treatment Section, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch, Intramural Research Program IRP, National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA, National Institute of Health NIH, MD, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:765-74. 2007..Computerized drawing with higher-density prizes enhanced reduction of cocaine use; abstinence reinforcement had long-term therapeutic benefits...
Contingency management reduces injection-related HIV risk behaviors in heroin and cocaine using outpatientsUdi E Ghitza
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch, Treatment Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Addict Behav 33:593-604. 2008..CM targeted toward cocaine and heroin use produces significant reductions in injection-related drug-taking behaviors associated with heightened risk for getting or transmitting HIV...
Psychosocial functioning and cocaine use during treatment: strength of relationship depends on type of urine-testing methodUdi E Ghitza
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch, Treatment Section, Intramural Research Program IRP, National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA, NIH DHHS, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:169-77. 2007..Cocaine use during treatment, especially when measured with New Uses criteria, can predict psychosocial functioning, but cannot substitute for direct measures of psychosocial functioning...
Effect of reinforcement probability and prize size on cocaine and heroin abstinence in prize-based contingency managementUdi E Ghitza
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch Treatment Section, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 200, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 41:539-49. 2008..Higher probability of winning, but not the size of individual prizes, was associated with a greater percentage of cocaine-negative, but not opiate-negative, urines...
Randomized trial comparing two treatment strategies using prize-based reinforcement of abstinence in cocaine and opiate usersKenzie L Preston
National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 41:551-63. 2008..Opiate abstinence was greater in the opiate-cocaine group post-CM, and heroin craving was reduced in this group during and post-CM. Draws earned per cocaine-negative urine (four vs. one) did not affect cocaine use...
Nonreporting of cannabis use: Predictors and relationship to treatment outcome in methadone maintained patientsUdi E Ghitza
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch, Treatment Section Intramural Research Program IRP, National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA, National Institutes of Health NIH, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Addict Behav 32:938-49. 2007..Nonreporting of THC use is a significant predictor of greater cocaine and heroin use. This association can be eliminated with contingency management therapy...
Peptide YY3-36 decreases reinstatement of high-fat food seeking during dieting in a rat relapse modelUdi E Ghitza
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Neurosci 27:11522-32. 2007....
Role of BDNF and GDNF in drug reward and relapse: a reviewUdi E Ghitza
Center for the Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:157-71. 2010....
Self-report of illicit benzodiazepine use on the Addiction Severity Index predicts treatment outcomeUdi E Ghitza
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch, Treatment Section, Intramural Research Program IRP, National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 97:150-7. 2008..Thus, in a sample of non-dependent BZD users, self-reported illicit BZD use on the ASI, even at low levels, predicted worse outcome on cocaine use and blunted response to CM...
Clonidine blocks stress-induced craving in cocaine usersMichelle L Jobes
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 218:83-8. 2011..In rodents, alpha-2 adrenergic agonists such as clonidine block stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking, but not drug cue-induced reinstatement...
Brain mu-opioid receptor binding predicts treatment outcome in cocaine-abusing outpatientsUdi E Ghitza
Intramural Research Program, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biol Psychiatry 68:697-703. 2010..In cocaine-abusing outpatients in treatment, the relationship of mOR binding and treatment outcome is unknown...
The anxiogenic drug yohimbine reinstates palatable food seeking in a rat relapse model: a role of CRF1 receptorsUdi E Ghitza
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, NIDA/IRP/NIH/DHHS, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 31:2188-96. 2006..These data suggest that CRF is involved in stress-induced relapse to palatable food seeking, and that CRF1 antagonists should be considered for the treatment of maladaptive eating habits...
Serotonergic responsiveness in human cocaine usersUdi E Ghitza
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 86:207-13. 2007..Studies of human cocaine users given a serotonergic challenge have produced inconsistent results...
Neurobiology of relapse to heroin and cocaine seeking: an update and clinical implicationsJennifer M Bossert
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, IRP/NIDA/NIH/DHHS, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 526:36-50. 2005....
The mGluR2/3 agonist LY379268 attenuates context- and discrete cue-induced reinstatement of sucrose seeking but not sucrose self-administration in ratsJennifer M Bossert
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH DHHS, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Behav Brain Res 173:148-52. 2006..These results suggest that similar neuronal mechanisms mediate cue-induced relapse to opiate- and palatable food seeking...
Conditioned drug reward enhances subsequent spatial learning and memory in ratsHai Feng Zhai
Department of Neuropharmacology, National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, 38, Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 195:193-201. 2007..A context that is repeatedly paired with reinforcing drugs will acquire secondary reinforcing properties (conditioned reward). However, the effects of conditioned reward on spatial learning are unknown...
Persistent cue-evoked activity of accumbens neurons after prolonged abstinence from self-administered cocaineUdi E Ghitza
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
J Neurosci 23:7239-45. 2003..Moreover, the accumbens shell appears to be involved in discriminating the motivational value of reward-related associative stimuli, whereas the accumbens core does not...
Stress impairs reconsolidation of drug memory via glucocorticoid receptors in the basolateral amygdalaXiao Yi Wang
Department of Neuropharmacology, National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
J Neurosci 28:5602-10. 2008..These results show that stress blocks reconsolidation of a drug-related memory, and this effect is mediated by activation of GRs in the BLA...
Differences between accumbens core and shell neurons exhibiting phasic firing patterns related to drug-seeking behavior during a discriminative-stimulus taskUdi E Ghitza
Dept. of Psychology, Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Neurophysiol 92:1608-14. 2004....
