The proposed research program will investigate the changes in brain chemistry and circuitry that 're-wire' the brain during chronic cocaine use, promote relapse, and complicate treatment efforts. Currently-using and non-treatment-seeking individuals with a cocaine use disorder will undergo a cocaine self-administration paradigm 2-5 days prior to completing positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Age range
18 Years – 60 Years
Sex
ALL
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Regional Availability of Metabotropic Glutamate Type-5 Receptors (mGluR5)
Timeframe: Following 2-5 days of cocaine abstinence
Functional Brain Network Engagement Associated With Response Inhibition
Timeframe: Following 2-5 days of cocaine abstinence.
Resting-state Functional Brain Network Activity, Fractional Amplitude of Low-frequency Fluctuations (fALFF)
Timeframe: Following 2-5 days of cocaine abstinence.