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Research

In addition to working with clients, Dr. Albaugh has conducted neuroscience research with the aim of better understanding the neurobiological mechanisms associated with common emotional and behavioral problems. He has a particular interest in the neural circuitry underpinning mood and anxiety problems, and how this circuitry is impacted by factors such as sleep, physical exercise, adversity and trauma, as well as substance use. Some of his published work can be found, below:

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Bristol S, Johnson ME, Thompson WK, Albaugh M, Potter A, Garavan H, Allgaier N, Ivanova MY. Prospective Associations of Family Conflict with Alcohol Expectancies in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study: Effects of Race and Ethnicity (Accepted, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

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  • Cao Z, Cupertino RB, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Murphy A, Pancholi D, Juliano A, Chaarani B, Albaugh M, Yuan D, Schwab N, Stafford J, Goudriaan AE, Hutchison K, Li CR, Luijten M, Groefsema M, Momenan R, Schmaal L, Sinha R, van Holst RJ, Veltman DJ, Wiers RW, Porjesz B, Lett T, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Brühl R, Martinot JL, Martinot MP, Artiges E, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Paus T, Poustka L, Hohmann S, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Robinson L, Smolka MN, Walter H, Winterer J, Schumann G, Whelan R, Bhatt RR, Zhu A, Conrod P, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM, Mackey S, Garavan H. Cortical profiles of numerous psychiatric disorders and normal development share a common pattern. Mol Psychiatry. 2023 Feb;28(2):698-709. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01855-6. Epub 2022 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 36380235.

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  • Owens MM, Albaugh MD, Allgaier N, Yuan D, Robert G, Cupertino RB, Spechler PA, Juliano A, Hahn S, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Brühl R, Martinot JL, Martinot MP, Artiges E, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Lemaitre H, Paus T, Poustka L, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Mackey S, Schumann G, Garavan H. Bayesian causal network modeling suggests adolescent cannabis use accelerates prefrontal cortical thinning. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 May 6;12(1):188. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-01956-4. PubMed PMID: 35523763; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9076659.

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  • Ottino-González J, Albaugh MD, Cao Z, Cupertino RB, Schwab N, Spechler PA, Allen N, Artiges E, Banaschewski T, Bokde A, Quinlan EB, Bruhl R, Orr C, Cousijn J, Desrivieres S, Flor H, Foxe JJ, Frohner JH, Goudriaan AE, Gowland P, Grigis A, Heinz A, Hester R, Hutchison K, Li CR, London ED, Lorenzetti V, Luijten M, Nees F, Martin-Santos R, Martinot JL, Millenet S, Momenan R, Martinot MP, Orfanos DP, Paulus MP, Poustka L, Schmaal L, Schumann G, Sinha R, Smolka MN, Solowij N, Stein DJ, Stein EA, Uhlmann A, van Holst RJ, Veltman DJ, Walter H, Whelan R, Wiers RW, Yucel M, Zhang S, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM, Conrod P, Mackey S, Garavan H. Brain structural covariance network differences in adults with alcohol dependence and heavy-drinking adolescents. Addiction. 2022 May;117(5):1312-1325. doi: 10.1111/add.15772. Epub 2022 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 34907616.

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  • Lisdahl KM, Tapert S, Sher KJ, Gonzalez R, Nixon SJ, Feldstein Ewing SW, Conway KP, Wallace A, Sullivan R, Hatcher K, Kaiver C, Thompson W, Reuter C, Bartsch H, Wade NE, Jacobus J, Albaugh MD, Allgaier N, Anokhin AP, Bagot K, Baker FC, Banich MT, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Breslin FJ, Brown SA, Calhoun V, Casey BJ, Chaarani B, Chang L, Clark DB, Cloak C, Constable RT, Cottler LB, Dagher RK, Dapretto M, Dick A, Do EK, Dosenbach NUF, Dowling GJ, Fair DA, Florsheim P, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Friedman NP, Garavan HP, Gee DG, Glantz MD, Glaser P, Gonzalez MR, Gray KM, Grant S, Haist F, Hawes S, Heeringa SG, Hermosillo R, Herting MM, Hettema JM, Hewitt JK, Heyser C, Hoffman EA, Howlett KD, Huber RS, Huestis MA, Hyde LW, Iacono WG, Isaiah A, Ivanova MY, James RS, Jernigan TL, Karcher NR, Kuperman JM, Laird AR, Larson CL, LeBlanc KH, Lopez MF, Luciana M, Luna B, Maes HH, Marshall AT, Mason MJ, McGlade E, Morris AS, Mulford C, Nagel BJ, Neigh G, Palmer CE, Paulus MP, Pecheva D, Prouty D, Potter A, Puttler LI, Rajapakse N, Ross JM, Sanchez M, Schirda C, Schulenberg J, Sheth C, Shilling PD, Sowell ER, Speer N, Squeglia L, Sripada C, Steinberg J, Sutherland MT, Tomko R, Uban K, Vrieze S, Weiss SRB, Wing D, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Zucker RA, Heitzeg MM. Substance use patterns in 9-10 year olds: Baseline findings from the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Oct 1;227:108946. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108946. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 34392051; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8833837.

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  • Chaarani B, Hahn S, Allgaier N, Adise S, Owens MM, Juliano AC, Yuan DK, Loso H, Ivanciu A, Albaugh MD, Dumas J, Mackey S, Laurent J, Ivanova M, Hagler DJ, Cornejo MD, Hatton S, Agrawal A, Aguinaldo L, Ahonen L, Aklin W, Anokhin AP, Arroyo J, Avenevoli S, Babcock D, Bagot K, Baker FC, Banich MT, Barch DM, Bartsch H, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork JM, Blachman-Demner D, Bloch M, Bogdan R, Bookheimer SY, Breslin F, Brown S, Calabro FJ, Calhoun V, Casey BJ, Chang L, Clark DB, Cloak C, Constable RT, Constable K, Corley R, Cottler LB, Coxe S, Dagher RK, Dale AM, Dapretto M, Delcarmen-Wiggins R, Dick AS, Do EK, Dosenbach NUF, Dowling GJ, Edwards S, Ernst TM, Fair DA, Fan CC, Feczko E, Feldstein-Ewing SW, Florsheim P, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Friedman NP, Friedman-Hill S, Fuemmeler BF, Galvan A, Gee DG, Giedd J, Glantz M, Glaser P, Godino J, Gonzalez M, Gonzalez R, Grant S, Gray KM, Haist F, Harms MP, Hawes S, Heath AC, Heeringa S, Heitzeg MM, Hermosillo R, Herting MM, Hettema JM, Hewitt JK, Heyser C, Hoffman E, Howlett K, Huber RS, Huestis MA, Hyde LW, Iacono WG, Infante MA, Irfanoglu O, Isaiah A, Iyengar S, Jacobus J, James R, Jean-Francois B, Jernigan T, Karcher NR, Kaufman A, Kelley B, Kit B, Ksinan A, Kuperman J, Laird AR, Larson C, LeBlanc K, Lessov-Schlagger C, Lever N, Lewis DA, Lisdahl K, Little AR, Lopez M, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden PA, Maes HH, Makowski C, Marshall AT, Mason MJ, Matochik J, McCandliss BD, McGlade E, Montoya I, Morgan G, Morris A, Mulford C, Murray P, Nagel BJ, Neale MC, Neigh G, Nencka A, Noronha A, Nixon SJ, Palmer CE, Pariyadath V, Paulus MP, Pelham WE, Pfefferbaum D, Pierpaoli C, Prescot A, Prouty D, Puttler LI, Rajapaske N, Rapuano KM, Reeves G, Renshaw PF, Riedel MC, Rojas P, de la Rosa M, Rosenberg MD, Ross MJ, Sanchez M, Schirda C, Schloesser D, Schulenberg J, Sher KJ, Sheth C, Shilling PD, Simmons WK, Sowell ER, Speer N, Spittel M, Squeglia LM, Sripada C, Steinberg J, Striley C, Sutherland MT, Tanabe J, Tapert SF, Thompson W, Tomko RL, Uban KA, Vrieze S, Wade NE, Watts R, Weiss S, Wiens BA, Williams OD, Wilbur A, Wing D, Wolff-Hughes D, Yang R, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Zucker RA, Potter A, Garavan HP. Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study. Nat Neurosci. 2021 Aug;24(8):1176-1186. doi: 10.1038/s41593-021-00867-9. Epub 2021 Jun 7. PubMed PMID: 34099922; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8947197.

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  • Albaugh MD, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Sidwell A, Lepage C, Juliano A, Owens MM, Chaarani B, Spechler P, Fontaine N, Rioux P, Lewis L, Jeon S, Evans A, D'Souza D, Radhakrishnan R, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Quinlan EB, Conrod P, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Martinot JL, Paillère Martinot ML, Nees F, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Paus T, Poustka L, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Potter A, Garavan H. Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 16;78(9):1-11. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1258. PubMed PMID: 34132750; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8209561.

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  • Li Y, Thompson WK, Reuter C, Nillo R, Jernigan T, Dale A, Sugrue LP, Brown J, Dougherty RF, Rauschecker A, Rudie J, Barch DM, Calhoun V, Hagler D, Hatton S, Tanabe J, Marshall A, Sher KJ, Heeringa S, Hermosillo R, Banich MT, Squeglia L, Bjork J, Zucker R, Neale M, Herting M, Sheth C, Huber R, Reeves G, Hettema JM, Howlett KD, Cloak C, Baskin-Sommers A, Rapuano K, Gonzalez R, Karcher N, Laird A, Baker F, James R, Sowell E, Dick A, Hawes S, Sutherland M, Bagot K, Bodurka J, Breslin F, Morris A, Paulus M, Gray K, Hoffman E, Weiss S, Rajapakse N, Glantz M, Nagel B, Ewing SF, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Prouty D, Rosenberg M, Bookheimer S, Tapert S, Infante M, Jacobus J, Giedd J, Shilling P, Wade N, Uban K, Haist F, Heyser C, Palmer C, Kuperman J, Hewitt J, Cottler L, Isaiah A, Chang L, Edwards S, Ernst T, Heitzeg M, Puttler L, Sripada C, Iacono W, Luciana M, Clark D, Luna B, Schirda C, Foxe J, Freedman E, Mason M, McGlade E, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D, Albaugh M, Allgaier N, Chaarani B, Potter A, Ivanova M, Lisdahl K, Do E, Maes H, Bogdan R, Anokhin A, Dosenbach N, Glaser P, Heath A, Casey BJ, Gee D, Garavan HP, Dowling G, Brown S. Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children. JAMA Neurol. 2021 May 1;78(5):578-587. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.0306. PubMed PMID: 33749724; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7985817.

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  • Herting MM, Uban KA, Gonzalez MR, Baker FC, Kan EC, Thompson WK, Granger DA, Albaugh MD, Anokhin AP, Bagot KS, Banich MT, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Breslin FJ, Casey BJ, Chaarani B, Chang L, Clark DB, Cloak CC, Constable RT, Cottler LB, Dagher RK, Dapretto M, Dick AS, Dosenbach N, Dowling GJ, Dumas JA, Edwards S, Ernst T, Fair DA, Feldstein-Ewing SW, Freedman EG, Fuemmeler BF, Garavan H, Gee DG, Giedd JN, Glaser PEA, Goldstone A, Gray KM, Hawes SW, Heath AC, Heitzeg MM, Hewitt JK, Heyser CJ, Hoffman EA, Huber RS, Huestis MA, Hyde LW, Infante MA, Ivanova MY, Jacobus J, Jernigan TL, Karcher NR, Laird AR, LeBlanc KH, Lisdahl K, Luciana M, Luna B, Maes HH, Marshall AT, Mason MJ, McGlade EC, Morris AS, Nagel BJ, Neigh GN, Palmer CE, Paulus MP, Potter AS, Puttler LI, Rajapakse N, Rapuano K, Reeves G, Renshaw PF, Schirda C, Sher KJ, Sheth C, Shilling PD, Squeglia LM, Sutherland MT, Tapert SF, Tomko RL, Yurgelun-Todd D, Wade NE, Weiss SRB, Zucker RA, Sowell ER. Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020;11:549928. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.549928. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 33679599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7930488.

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  • Spechler PA, Chaarani B, Orr C, Albaugh MD, Fontaine NR, Higgins ST, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Quinlan EB, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Artiges E, Martinot MP, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Paus T, Poustka L, Hohmann S, Fröhner JH, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Garavan H. Longitudinal associations between amygdala reactivity and cannabis use in a large sample of adolescents. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2020 Nov;237(11):3447-3458. doi: 10.1007/s00213-020-05624-7. Epub 2020 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 32772145; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7572697.

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  • Spechler PA, Allgaier N, Chaarani B, Whelan R, Watts R, Orr C, Albaugh MD, D'Alberto N, Higgins ST, Hudson KE, Mackey S, Potter A, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Cattrell A, Conrod PJ, Desrivières S, Flor H, Frouin V, Gallinat J, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Martinot JL, Paillère Martinot ML, Nees F, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Paus T, Poustka L, Smolka MN, Walter H, Schumann G, Althoff RR, Garavan H. The initiation of cannabis use in adolescence is predicted by sex-specific psychosocial and neurobiological features. Eur J Neurosci. 2019 Aug;50(3):2346-2356. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13989. Epub 2018 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 29889330; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7444673.

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  • Albaugh MD, Hudziak JJ, Orr C, Spechler PA, Chaarani B, Mackey S, Lepage C, Fonov V, Rioux P, Evans AC, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Quinlan EB, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Martinot JL, Martinot MP, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Paus T, Poustka L, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Potter AS, Garavan H. Amygdalar reactivity is associated with prefrontal cortical thickness in a large population-based sample of adolescents. PLoS One. 2019;14(5):e0216152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216152. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31048888; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6497259.

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  • Albaugh MD, Ivanova M, Chaarani B, Orr C, Allgaier N, Althoff RR, D' Alberto N, Hudson K, Mackey S, Spechler PA, Banaschewski T, Brühl R, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Cattrell A, Conrod PJ, Desrivières S, Flor H, Frouin V, Gallinat J, Goodman R, Gowland P, Grimmer Y, Heinz A, Kappel V, Martinot JL, Martinot MP, Nees F, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Penttilä J, Poustka L, Paus T, Smolka MN, Struve M, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Garavan H, Potter AS. Ventromedial Prefrontal Volume in Adolescence Predicts Hyperactive/Inattentive Symptoms in Adulthood. Cereb Cortex. 2019 May 1;29(5):1866-1874. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy066. PubMed PMID: 29912404; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6458906.

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  • Garavan H, Albaugh M. Connecting With Resilience. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 15;85(8):621-622. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.02.004. PubMed PMID: 30922466.

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  • Orr C, Spechler P, Cao Z, Albaugh M, Chaarani B, Mackey S, D'Souza D, Allgaier N, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Burke Quinlan E, Conrod P, Desrivières S, Flor H, Frouin V, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Martinot JL, Martinot MP, Nees F, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Paus T, Poustka L, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Radhakrishnan R, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Potter A, Garavan H. Grey Matter Volume Differences Associated with Extremely Low Levels of Cannabis Use in Adolescence. J Neurosci. 2019 Mar 6;39(10):1817-1827. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3375-17.2018. Epub 2019 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 30643026; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6407302.

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  • Kaufman J, Wymbs NF, Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Orr C, Albaugh MD, Althoff R, O'Loughlin K, Holbrook H, Garavan H, Kearney C, Yang BZ, Zhao H, Peña C, Nestler EJ, Lee RS, Mostofsky S, Gelernter J, Hudziak J. Methylation in OTX2 and related genes, maltreatment, and depression in children. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Oct;43(11):2204-2211. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0157-y. Epub 2018 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 30089883; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6135753.

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  • D'Alberto N, Chaarani B, Orr CA, Spechler PA, Albaugh MD, Allgaier N, Wonnell A, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Quinlan EB, Conrod PJ, Desrivières S, Flor H, Fröhner JH, Frouin V, Gowland P, Heinz A, Itterman B, Martinot JL, Paillère Martinot ML, Artiges E, Nees F, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Poustka L, Robbins TW, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Potter AS, Garavan H. Individual differences in stop-related activity are inflated by the adaptive algorithm in the stop signal task. Hum Brain Mapp. 2018 Aug;39(8):3263-3276. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24075. Epub 2018 Apr 15. PubMed PMID: 29656430; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6045976.

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  • O'Halloran L, Cao Z, Ruddy K, Jollans L, Albaugh MD, Aleni A, Potter AS, Vahey N, Banaschewski T, Hohmann S, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Quinlan EB, Desrivières S, Flor H, Frouin V, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Paus T, Smolka MN, Walter H, Schumann G, Garavan H, Kelly C, Whelan R. Neural circuitry underlying sustained attention in healthy adolescents and in ADHD symptomatology. Neuroimage. 2018 Apr 1;169:395-406. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.030. Epub 2017 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 29274748.

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  • Albaugh MD, Orr C, Chaarani B, Althoff RR, Allgaier N, D'Alberto N, Hudson K, Mackey S, Spechler PA, Banaschewski T, Brühl R, Bokde ALW, Bromberg U, Büchel C, Cattrell A, Conrod PJ, Desrivières S, Flor H, Frouin V, Gallinat J, Goodman R, Gowland P, Grimmer Y, Heinz A, Kappel V, Martinot JL, Paillère Martinot ML, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Penttila J, Poustka L, Paus T, Smolka MN, Struve M, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Garavan H, Potter AS. Inattention and Reaction Time Variability Are Linked to Ventromedial Prefrontal Volume in Adolescents. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Nov 1;82(9):660-668. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.01.003. Epub 2017 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 28237458; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5509516.

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  • Wrase J, Makris N, Braus DF, Mann K, Smolka MN, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS, Hodge SM, Tang L, Albaugh M, Ziegler DA, Davis OC, Kissling C, Schumann G, Breiter HC, Heinz A. Amygdala volume associated with alcohol abuse relapse and craving. Am J Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;165(9):1179-84. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07121877. Epub 2008 Jul 1. PubMed PMID: 18593776; NIHMSID:NIHMS506497.

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  • Makris N, Gasic GP, Seidman LJ, Goldstein JM, Gastfriend DR, Elman I, Albaugh MD, Hodge SM, Ziegler DA, Sheahan FS, Caviness VS Jr, Tsuang MT, Kennedy DN, Hyman SE, Rosen BR, Breiter HC. Decreased absolute amygdala volume in cocaine addicts. Neuron. 2004 Nov 18;44(4):729-40. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.10.027. PubMed PMID: 15541319.

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