Dopamine and Opioid Receptor Antagonists Reduce Cue-induced Reward Responding and Reward Impulsivity

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how the dopamine and opioid system is involved in reward processing, specifically in cue-induced reward responding and reward impulsivity, using dopamine and opioid receptor antagonists in healthy participants. The investigators predict that particularly the dopamine challenge should alter cue-induced reward responding and reward impulsivity. Such effects would be of high interest for the treatment of disorders which involve impairments of reward processing such as addiction.

Timeline

Start

2014-02

Primary completion

2014-04

Completion

2014-04

Publications

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