title: Neuropsychological profiling of impulsivity and compulsivity in cocaine dependent individuals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research on the relative impact of trait impulsivity vs. drug exposure on neuropsychological probes of response inhibition vs. response perseveration has been posited as a valid pathway to explore the transition between impulsivity and compulsivity on psychostimulant dependence.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of this study are to examine performance differences between cocaine-dependent individuals (CDI) and healthy comparison individuals (HCI) on neuropsychological probes of inhibition and perseveration and to examine the predictive impact of trait impulsivity-a proxy of premorbid vulnerability, and severity of cocaine use-a proxy of drug exposure, on CDI's performance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-two CDI and 65 HCI were assessed using the UPPS-P Scale (trait impulsivity), the Stroop and go/no-go (inhibition) and revised-strategy application and probabilistic reversal tests (perseveration).
  
  
  RESULTS
  CDI, compared to HCI, have elevated scores on trait impulsivity and perform significantly poorer on inhibition and perseveration, with specific detrimental effects of duration of cocaine use on perseveration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CDI have both inhibition and perseveration deficits; both patterns were broadly indicative of orbitofrontal dysfunction in the context of reinforcement learning. Impulsive personality and cocaine exposure jointly contribute to deficits in response perseveration or compulsivity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain. mjfernan@ujaen.es
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fernández-Serrano
authors.forename: José César
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Perales
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moreno-López
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-García
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verdejo-García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance