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Cocaine dependence: a disease of the brain's reward centersC A Dackis
Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 21:111-7. 2001..Treatment principles, including engagement, motivational enhancement, abstinence strategies, and craving reduction are discussed in terms of biological rationales...
Neurobiology of addiction: treatment and public policy ramificationsCharles Dackis
Department of Psychiatry, 3900 Chestnut Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nat Neurosci 8:1431-6. 2005..We highlight select advances in addiction research that, if disseminated to the public, could reverse these misconceptions and facilitate changes in policy to improve treatment access and care delivery for this highly prevalent disease...
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of modafinil for cocaine dependenceCharles A Dackis
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 30:205-11. 2005..This study provides preliminary evidence, which should be confirmed by a larger study, that modafinil improves clinical outcome when combined with psychosocial treatment for cocaine dependence...
Recent advances in the pharmacotherapy of cocaine dependenceCharles A Dackis
University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Center, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 6:323-31. 2004..This review highlights pertinent advances in cocaine neurobiology, recent clinical trials, and controversies in the pharmacologic treatment of cocaine dependence...
Glutamatergic agents for cocaine dependenceCharles Dackis
Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1003:328-45. 2003..We also present preliminary data from our research of modafinil, a glutamate-enhancing agent with promise in the treatment of cocaine-addicted individuals...
Modafinil and cocaine: a double-blind, placebo-controlled drug interaction studyCharles A Dackis
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:29-37. 2003..Furthermore, pretreatment with modafinil did not intensify cocaine euphoria or cocaine-induced craving. In fact, cocaine euphoria was significantly blunted (P=0.02) in one of our subjective measures...
Association analysis between polymorphisms in the conserved dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) gene and cocaine dependenceFalk W Lohoff
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Neurosci Lett 453:199-203. 2009..However, additional studies using larger sample sizes, comprehensive SNP coverage, and clinically homogenous populations are necessary before confidently excluding CDNF as a significant genetic risk factor for cocaine dependence...
Association analysis between polymorphisms in the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) and dopamine transporter (DAT1) genes with cocaine dependenceFalk W Lohoff
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Neurosci Lett 473:87-91. 2010..However, additional studies using larger sample sizes and clinically homogenous populations are necessary before confidently excluding these variants as contributing genetic risk factors for CD...
Association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism and cocaine dependenceFalk W Lohoff
Department of Psychiatry, Translational Research Laboratories, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 33:3078-84. 2008..Additional studies are required to elucidate the role of COMT in the pathophysiology of substance use disorders...
Genetic variants in the cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript gene (CARTPT) and cocaine dependenceFalk W Lohoff
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Neurosci Lett 440:280-3. 2008....
Gender differences with high-dose naltrexone in patients with co-occurring cocaine and alcohol dependenceHelen M Pettinati
Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Addictions, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 34:378-90. 2008..Thus, 150 mg/day naltrexone added to a psychosocial treatment resulted in reductions in cocaine and alcohol use and drug severity in men, compared to higher rates of cocaine and alcohol use and drug severity in women...
The status of naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence: specific effects on heavy drinkingHelen M Pettinati
Center for the Study of Addictions, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6178, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:610-25. 2006..Clinical trial results in this article are evaluated by the type of outcome measure used to determine naltrexone's treatment advantage, that is, measures related to reducing heavy drinking versus those related to increasing abstinence...
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial combining sertraline and naltrexone for treating co-occurring depression and alcohol dependenceHelen M Pettinati
Center for the Studies of Addiction, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Am J Psychiatry 167:668-75. 2010....
Decreased gray matter concentration in the insular, orbitofrontal, cingulate, and temporal cortices of cocaine patientsTeresa R Franklin
Addiction Treatment Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6178, USA
Biol Psychiatry 51:134-42. 2002....
Does modafinil produce euphoria?CHARLES P O'BRIEN
Am J Psychiatry 163:1109. 2006
Clinical implications of cocaine-induced cortical depressionCharles A Dackis
Neuropsychopharmacology 30:1033; author reply 1034-5. 2005
