Figure 5: Experimental design diagram depicting subject selection procedure. | Nature Communications

Figure 5: Experimental design diagram depicting subject selection procedure.

From: Blunted ventral striatal responses to anticipated rewards foreshadow problematic drug use in novelty-seeking adolescents

Figure 5

Out of 1090 subjects with full datasets, the top quarter of novelty seekers who had not already met criteria for problematic drug use at age 14 were selected. Those who showed problematic drug use at age 16 were matched with those who did not with respect to drug use at age 14 (n=72 per group, 144 total).

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