Goal‐directed action refers to selecting behaviors based on the expectation that they will be
reinforced with desirable outcomes. It is typically conceptualized as opposing habit‐based …

As a variety of free radical scavenger, edaravone has shown its potential in producing
antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in various disease models …

Repeated cocaine exposure causes dendritic spine loss in the orbitofrontal cortex, which
might contribute to poor orbitofrontal cortical function following drug exposure. One …

Many addictive drugs increase stress hormone levels. They also alter the propensity of
organisms to prospectively select actions based on long-term consequences. We …

This chapter provides a framework for developing interventions that specifically target
intrusive events. It describes the challenges in defining intrusive thoughts and the difficulty in …

An exploration of the neurological and behavioral mechanisms and processes involved in
intrusive thinking. On any given day, unintended, recurrent thoughts intrude on our thinking …

In this dissertation, I recorded individual neuronal activity from the lateral orbitofrontal cortex
of awake, freely moving animals as they behaved in a punishment-based risky decision …

Calcium-dependent activator protein for secretion 2 (CAPS2; also referred to as CADPS2) is
a dense core vesicle-associated protein that promotes the activity-dependent release of …

Alcohol and substance use disorders, as many mental illnesses, are associated with
increased mortality in our society [1–3]. While many advances have been made in the field …

Intrusive Thinking Page 1 This is a section of doi:10.7551/mitpress/13875.001.0001 Intrusive
Thinking From Molecules to Free Will Edited by: Peter W. Kalivas, Martin P. Paulus Citation …