Dopamine supports coupling of attention-related networks

LC Dang, JP O'Neil, WJ Jagust - Journal of Neuroscience, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Attentional processing has been associated with the dorsal attention, default mode, and
frontoparietal control networks. The dorsal attention network is involved in externally focused …

Associations between dopamine D2 receptor availability and BMI depend on age

LC Dang, GR Samanez-Larkin, JJ Castrellon… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective The dopamine D2/3 receptor subtypes (DRD2/3) are the most widely studied
neurotransmitter biomarker in research on obesity, but results to date have been inconsistent, …

Subjective value representations during effort, probability and time discounting across adulthood

…, JJ Castrellon, SF Perkins, LC Dang… - Social cognitive and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Every day, humans make countless decisions that require the integration of information about
potential benefits (ie rewards) with other decision features (ie effort required, probability of …

Spontaneous eye blink rate (EBR) is uncorrelated with dopamine D2 receptor availability and unmodulated by dopamine agonism in healthy adults

LC Dang, GR Samanez-Larkin, JJ Castrellon… - eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Spontaneous eye blink rate (EBR) has been proposed as a noninvasive, inexpensive
marker of dopamine functioning. Support for a relation between EBR and dopamine function …

Dopamine and the cognitive downside of a promised bonus

E Aarts, DL Wallace, LC Dang, WJ Jagust… - Psychological …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
It is often assumed that the promise of a monetary bonus improves cognitive control. We show
that in fact appetitive motivation can also impair cognitive control, depending on baseline …

Striatal dopamine influences the default mode network to affect shifting between object features

LC Dang, A Donde, C Madison, JP O'Neil… - Journal of cognitive …, 2012 - direct.mit.edu
Cognitive flexibility or the ability to change behavior in response to external cues is
conceptualized as two processes: one for shifting between perceptual features of objects and …

Differential regional decline in dopamine receptor availability across adulthood: Linear and nonlinear effects of age

KL Seaman, CT Smith, EJ Juarez, LC Dang… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Theories of adult brain development, based on neuropsychological test results and structural
neuroimaging, suggest differential rates of age‐related change in function across cortical …

Modulation of impulsivity and reward sensitivity in intertemporal choice by striatal and midbrain dopamine synthesis in healthy adults

CT Smith, DL Wallace, LC Dang… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Converging evidence links individual differences in mesolimbic and mesocortical dopamine
(DA) to variation in the tendency to choose immediate rewards (“Now”) over larger, delayed …

Caudate asymmetry is related to attentional impulsivity and an objective measure of ADHD-like attentional problems in healthy adults

LC Dang, GR Samanez-Larkin, JS Young… - Brain Structure and …, 2016 - Springer
Case–control studies comparing ADHD with typically developing individuals suggest that
anatomical asymmetry of the caudate nucleus is a marker of attention deficit hyperactivity …

Partial-volume correction increases estimated dopamine D2-like receptor binding potential and reduces adult age differences

CT Smith, JL Crawford, LC Dang… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The relatively modest spatial resolution of positron emission tomography (PET) increases
the likelihood of partial volume effects such that binding potential (BP ND ) may be …