Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention networks

Authors

• Benjamin P Kay, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Muriah D Wheelock, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Ryan V Raut, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Roselyne J Chauvin, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Athanasia Metoki, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Aishwarya Rajesh, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Andrew Eck, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jim Pollaro, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Anxu Wang, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Vahdeta Suljic, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Babatunde Adeyemo, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Noah J Baden, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Kristen M Scheidter, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Julia S Monk, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Forrest I Whiting, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Nadeshka Ramirez-Perez, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Samuel R Krimmel, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Anita Randolph, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jarod L Roland, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Ginger E Nicol, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Timothy O Laumann, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Scott Marek, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Evan M Gordon, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Marcus E Raichle, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Deanna M Barch, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Nico U F Dosenbach, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• et al.

Journal

Cell

Publication Date

12-24-2025

Volume

188

Issue

26

First Page

7529

Last Page

7546.e20

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.039

Rights and Permissions

Kay BP, Wheelock MD, Siegel JS, Raut RV, Chauvin RJ, Metoki A, Rajesh A, Eck A, Pollaro J, Wang A, Suljic V, Adeyemo B, Baden NJ, Scheidter KM, Monk JS, Whiting FI, Ramirez-Perez N, Krimmel SR, Shinohara RT, Tervo-Clemmens B, Hermosillo RJM, Nelson SM, Hendrickson TJ, Madison T, Moore LA, Miranda-Domínguez Ó, Randolph A, Feczko E, Roland JL, Nicol GE, Laumann TO, Marek S, Gordon EM, Raichle ME, Barch DM, Fair DA, Dosenbach NUF. Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention networks. Cell. 2025 Dec 24;188(26):7529-7546.e20. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.039. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Recommended Citation

Kay, Benjamin P; Wheelock, Muriah D; Raut, Ryan V; Chauvin, Roselyne J; Metoki, Athanasia; Rajesh, Aishwarya; Eck, Andrew; Pollaro, Jim; Wang, Anxu; Suljic, Vahdeta; Adeyemo, Babatunde; Baden, Noah J; Scheidter, Kristen M; Monk, Julia S; Whiting, Forrest I; Ramirez-Perez, Nadeshka; Krimmel, Samuel R; Randolph, Anita; Roland, Jarod L; Nicol, Ginger E; Laumann, Timothy O; Marek, Scott; Gordon, Evan M; Raichle, Marcus E; Barch, Deanna M; Dosenbach, Nico U F; and et al., "Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention networks." Cell. 188, 26. 7529 - 7546.e20. (2025).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/6266

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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