Antje Opitz, Josua Zimmermann, David M Cole, Rebecca C Coray, Anna Zachäi, Markus R Baumgartner, Andrea E Steuer, Maximilian Pilhatsch, Boris B Quednow, Christian Beste, Ann-Kathrin Stock
In stimulant use and addiction, conflict control processes are crucial for regulating substance use and sustaining abstinence, which can be particularly challenging in social-affective situations. Users of methamphetamine (METH, "Ice") and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy") both experience impulse control deficits, but display different social-affective and addictive profiles. We thus aimed to compare the effects of chronic use of the substituted amphetamines METH and MDMA on conflict control processes in different social-affective contexts (i...
February 15, 2024: NeuroImage: Clinical