Suboptimal foraging decisions and involvement of the ventral tegmental area in human opioid addiction
Candace M. Raio, Kathryn Biernacki, Ananya Kapoor…·Anna B. Konova
This study investigates overharvesting behavior in opioid use disorder using a patch-foraging task and neuromelanin-sensitive MRI, finding a link between ventral tegmental area function and maladaptive reward pursuit.