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ReviewNeuropharmacology2014

Serotonin at the nexus of impulsivity and cue reactivity in cocaine addiction.

Kathryn A Cunningham, Noelle C Anastasio

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuropharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The Effect of Serotonin 5-HTAddiction biology · 2025
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  13. Serotonin 5-HTFrontiers in neuroscience · 2025
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27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathryn A CunninghamCenter for Addiction Research, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA. Electronic address: kcunning@utmb.edu.
Noelle C Anastasio
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Translational Addiction Sciences CenterP50DA033935 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI CUNNINGHAM, KATHRYN A. · 2013 to 2017
$6.7M
Translational Center on Serotonin and Stimulant AddictionP20DA024157 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI CUNNINGHAM, KATHRYN A. · 2007 to 2012
$4.2M
NEUROBEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY OF STIMULANTSR01DA006511 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI CUNNINGHAM, KATHRYN A. · 1990 to 2010
$3.3M
Addiction and the Neuropharmacology of PsychostimulantsK05DA020087 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI CUNNINGHAM, KATHRYN A. · 2005 to 2015
$1.3M
Neuromolecular Drivers of Impulsivity in Addictive DisordersR00DA033374 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI ANASTASIO, NOELLE C · 2015 to 2017
$745k
Neuromolecular Drivers of Impulsivity in Addictive DisordersK99DA033374 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI ANASTASIO, NOELLE C · 2013 to 2014
$286k
NIDA NIH HHS K05 DA020087NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA033374NIDA NIH HHS P20 DA024157NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA033935NIDA NIH HHS R00 DA033374NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA006511
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cocaine abuse and addiction remain great challenges on the public health agendas in the U.S. and the world. Increasingly sophisticated perspectives on addiction to cocaine and other drugs of abuse have evolved with concerted research efforts over the last 30 years. Relapse remains a particularly powerful clinical problem as, even upon termination of drug use and initiation of abstinence, the recidivism rates can be very high. The cycling course of cocaine intake, abstinence and relapse is tied to a multitude of behavioral and cognitive processes including impulsivity (a predisposition toward rapid unplanned reactions to stimuli without regard to the negative consequences), and cocaine cue reactivity (responsivity to cocaine-associated stimuli) cited as two key phenotypes that contribute to relapse vulnerability even years into recovery. Preclinical studies suggest that serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) neurotransmission in key neural circuits may contribute to these interlocked phenotypes well as the altered neurobiological states evoked by cocaine that precipitate relapse events. As such, 5-HT is an important target in the quest to understand the neurobiology of relapse-predictive phenotypes, to successfully treat this complex disorder and improve diagnostic and prognostic capabilities. This review emphasizes the role of 5-HT and its receptor proteins in key addiction phenotypes and the implications of current findings to the future of therapeutics in addiction. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'NIDA 40th Anniversary Issue'.

Indexed as

Cocaine-Related DisordersCuesHumansImpulsive BehaviorSerotoninSerotoninAddictionCocaineCue reactivityDependenceImpulsivitySerotonin

Identifiers

PMID23850573
PMCPMC4090081
OpenAlexW2108556733

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Registered trials

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