Authors: Raitasalo K., Holmila M., Autti-Rämö I., Martikainen J.E., Sorvala V.M. & Mäkelä P.

Published in: Addiction, Jan. 2015

Authors: de Sousa Fernandes Perna EB, Theunissen EL, Kuypers KP, Evers EA, Stiers P, Toennes SW, Witteman J, van Dalen W, Ramaekers JG.

Published in: Addiction Biology, Jan 2016

Abstract extract: Drugs of abuse stimulate striatal dopamine release and activate reward pathways. This study examined the impact of alcohol and cannabis marketing on the reward circuit in alcohol and cannabis users while sober and intoxicated. 

Full title: Cue reactivity and its relation to craving and relapse in alcohol dependence: a combined laboratory and field study

by Jurriaan Witteman, Hans Post, Mika Tarvainen, Avalon de Bruijn, Elizabeth De Sousa Fernandes Perna, Johannes G. Ramaekers, Reinout W. Wiers

The present study investigated the nature of physiological cue reactivity and craving in response to alcohol cues among alcohol-dependent patients (N = 80) who were enrolled in detoxification treatment and concludes hat the presence of alcohol cues such as portrayal of alcoholic beverages and drinking behaviour induces cue reactivity and craving in alcohol dependence through a conditioned appetitive response.

Full title: Substitution treatment in the era of ‘recovery’: An analysis of stakeholder roles and policy windows in Britain

Paper by Karen Duke, Rachel Herring, Anthony Thickett and Betsy Thom published in Substance Use & Misuse in August 2013.