Revisiting the role of the insula in addiction

Highlights • Insula lesions lead to disruption of certain addictions (i.e., smoking) • Addicted individuals show reduced insula gray matter volume and activity. • These studies seem contradictory in explaining the role of the insula in addiction. • We discuss open issues and future research directio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Trends in cognitive sciences 2015-07, Vol.19 (7), p.414-420
Main Authors: Droutman, Vita, Read, Stephen J, Bechara, Antoine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Cerebral Cortex - injuries
Cerebral Cortex - physiology
decision-making
drug dependence
Humans
insular cortex
Neuroimaging
Neurology
Psychiatry
smoking
Substance-Related Disorders - pathology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Highlights • Insula lesions lead to disruption of certain addictions (i.e., smoking) • Addicted individuals show reduced insula gray matter volume and activity. • These studies seem contradictory in explaining the role of the insula in addiction. • We discuss open issues and future research directions to reconcile the contradiction.
ISSN:1364-6613
1879-307X
DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2015.05.005