American Society of Addiction Medicine
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Lead Story: A neuromarker for drug and food craving distinguishes drug users from non-users
Lead Story: A neuromarker for drug and food craving distinguishes drug users from non-users
Lead Story: A neuromarker for drug and food craving distinguishes drug users from non-users
Tuesday 10th January 2023
Learn about a neuromarker that identifies drug users by their brain patterns and more in this episode of 'Addiction Medicine Unpacked'.
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Get the buttons here!Brain Patterns: How Cravings Differentiate Drug Users from Non-Users
The Neurobiological Craving Signature has promise for diagnosing substance use disorder as well as measuring responses to treatment.
Ever wondered if there's a way to see how cravings for drugs and food light up the brain? This episode of 'Addiction Medicine Unpacked' from ASAM dives into groundbreaking research that uses functional MRI and machine learning to identify a neuromarker called the Neurobiological Craving Signature (NCS). This NCS can distinguish between drug users and non-users with an impressive 82% accuracy.
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