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Rubio M, Sion A, Centeno ID, Sánchez DM, Rubio G, Luijten M, Barba RJ. Vulnerable at rest? A resting-state EEG study and psychosocial factors of young adult offspring of alcohol-dependent parents. Behav Brain Res 2024; 466:114980. [PMID: 38580199 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND Offspring of parents with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are more susceptible to developing AUD, with an estimated heritability of around 50%. Vulnerability to AUD in first-degree relatives is influenced by biological factors, such as spontaneous brain activity, and high-risk psychosocial characteristics. However, existing resting-state EEG studies in AUD offspring have shown inconsistent findings regarding theta, alpha, and beta band frequencies. Additionally, research consistently demonstrates an increased risk of internalizing and externalizing disorders, self-regulation difficulties, and interpersonal issues among AUD offspring. METHODS This study aimed to investigate the absolute power of theta, alpha, and beta frequencies in young adult offspring with a family history of AUD compared to individuals without family history. The psychosocial profiles of the offspring were also examined in relation to individuals without a family history of AUD. Furthermore, the study sought to explore the potential association between differences in frequency bands and psychosocial variables. Resting-state EEG recordings were obtained from 31 young adult healthy offspring of alcohol-dependent individuals and 43 participants with no family history of AUD (age range: 16-25 years). Participants also completed self-report questionnaires assessing anxiety and depressive symptoms, impulsivity, emotion regulation, and social involvement. RESULTS The results revealed no significant differences in spontaneous brain activity between the offspring and participants without a family history of AUD. However, in terms of psychosocial factors, the offspring exhibited significantly lower social involvement than the control group. CONCLUSIONS This study does not provide evidence suggesting vulnerability in offspring based on differences in spontaneous brain activity. Moreover, this investigation highlights the importance of interventions aimed at enhancing social connections in offspring. Such interventions can not only reduce the risk of developing AUD, given its strong association with increased feelings of loneliness but also improve the overall well-being of the offspring.
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- Milagros Rubio
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; 12 de Octubre Biomedical Research Institute, Madrid, Spain.
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- 12 de Octubre Biomedical Research Institute, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychobiology and Methodology in Behavioral Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- 12 de Octubre Biomedical Research Institute, Madrid, Spain; Medicine Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- 12 de Octubre Biomedical Research Institute, Madrid, Spain; Psychology Department, Health Science Faculty, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid, Spain
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Meyers JL, Brislin SJ, Kamarajan C, Plawecki MH, Chorlian D, Anohkin A, Kuperman S, Merikangas A, Pandey G, Kinreich S, Pandey A, Edenberg HJ, Bucholz KK, Almasy L, Porjesz B. The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: Brain function. GENES, BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR 2023; 22:e12862. [PMID: 37587903 PMCID: PMC10550791 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and related health conditions result from a complex interaction of genetic, neural and environmental factors, with differential impacts across the lifespan. From its inception, the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) has focused on the importance of brain function as it relates to the risk and consequences of alcohol use and AUD, through the examination of noninvasively recorded brain electrical activity and neuropsychological tests. COGA's sophisticated neurophysiological and neuropsychological measures, together with rich longitudinal, multi-modal family data, have allowed us to disentangle brain-related risk and resilience factors from the consequences of prolonged and heavy alcohol use in the context of genomic and social-environmental influences over the lifespan. COGA has led the field in identifying genetic variation associated with brain functioning, which has advanced the understanding of how genomic risk affects AUD and related disorders. To date, the COGA study has amassed brain function data on over 9871 participants, 7837 with data at more than one time point, and with notable diversity in terms of age (from 7 to 97), gender (52% female), and self-reported race and ethnicity (28% Black, 9% Hispanic). These data are available to the research community through several mechanisms, including directly through the NIAAA, through dbGAP, and in collaboration with COGA investigators. In this review, we provide an overview of COGA's data collection methods and specific brain function measures assessed, and showcase the utility, significance, and contributions these data have made to our understanding of AUD and related disorders, highlighting COGA research findings.
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- Jacquelyn L. Meyers
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolRutgers UniversityNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. LouisSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of IowaIowa CityIndianaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health InformaticsChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Penn‐CHOP Lifespan Brain InstituteUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIndianaUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. LouisSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health InformaticsChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Penn‐CHOP Lifespan Brain InstituteUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesState University of New York Downstate Medical CenterBrooklynNew YorkUSA
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Cavicchioli M, Galbiati A, Tobia V, Ogliari A. Genetic factors linked to aberrant neural activity of individuals with substance use disorder phenotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of EEG studies. J Addict Dis 2023:1-12. [PMID: 37423772 DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2023.2232252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Background: Alterations in EEG activity have been considered valid endophenotypes of substance use disorders (SUDs). Empirical evidence has supported the association between genetic factors (e.g., genes, single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) and SUDs, considering both clinical samples and individuals with a positive family history of SUDs [F+SUD]). Nevertheless, the relationship between genetic factors and intermediate phenotypes (i.e., altered EEG activity) among individuals with SUD phenotypes remains unclear.Objective(s): The current study aims at summarizing genetic factors linked to aberrant EEG activity among individuals with SUDs and those with F+SUD.Methods: Sixteen studies (5 [N = 986] + 11 from the Collaborative Studies On Genetics of Alcoholism [COGA] sample [432 ≤ N ≤ 8810]) were included for a qualitative systematic review. Thirteen studies (5 + 8 studies from the COGA sample) were used for multi-level meta-analytic procedures.Results: Qualitative analyses highlighted a multivariate genetic architecture linked to alterations in EEG waves among individuals with SUD phenotypes (i.e., augmented resting-state beta waves; reduced resting-state alpha waves; reduced resting-state and task-dependent theta waves). The most recurrent genetic factors were involved in cellular energy homeostasis, modulation of inhibitory and excitatory neural activity together with neural cell growth. Meta-analytic results showed a moderate association between genetic factors and altered resting-state and task-dependent EEG activity. Meta-analytic results also suggested non-additive genetic effects on altered EEG activity.Conclusions: Complex genetic interactions mediating neural activity and brain development might constitute a causal pathway toward intermediate phenotypes associated with phenotypic features, which in turn are linked to SUDs.
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- Marco Cavicchioli
- Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Neurology - Sleep Disorders Center, Milan, Italy
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- Child in Mind Lab, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Child in Mind Lab, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Zhang H, Yao J, Xu C, Wang C. Targeting electroencephalography for alcohol dependence: A narrative review. CNS Neurosci Ther 2023; 29:1205-1212. [PMID: 36890659 PMCID: PMC10068473 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Electroencephalography (EEG)-based electrophysiological techniques have made progress in diagnosing and treating alcohol dependence in recent years. AIMS The article reviews the latest literature in this field. MATERIALS AND METHODS Alcohol dependence, which is common and prone to relapsing, poses a serious threat to individuals, families, and society. At present, the objective detection methods for alcohol dependence in clinic are not enough. As electrophysiological techniques developed in psychiatry, some researches on EEG-based monitoring methods are of great significance in the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol dependence. DISCUSSION As electrophysiological techniques developed in psychiatry, some researches on EEG-based monitoring methods such as resting electroencephalography (REEG), event-related potentials (ERP), event-related oscillations (ERO), and polysomnography (PSG), was reported. CONCLUSION In this paper, the status of electrophysiological researches on EEG in alcoholics are reviewed in detail.
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- Huiwen Zhang
- Department of Anaesthesiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Department of Anaesthesiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Xie JY, Li RH, Yuan W, Du J, Zhou DS, Cheng YQ, Xu XM, Liu H, Yuan TF. Advances in neuroimaging studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD). PSYCHORADIOLOGY 2022; 2:146-155. [PMID: 38665276 PMCID: PMC11003430 DOI: 10.1093/psyrad/kkac018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a worldwide problem and the most common substance use disorder. Chronic alcohol consumption may have negative effects on the body, the mind, the family, and even society. With the progress of current neuroimaging methods, an increasing number of imaging techniques are being used to objectively detect brain impairment induced by alcoholism and serve a vital role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment assessment of AUD. This article organizes and analyzes the research on alcohol dependence concerning the main noninvasive neuroimaging methods, structural magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalography, as well as the most common noninvasive brain stimulation - transcranial magnetic stimulation, and intersperses the article with joint intra- and intergroup studies, providing an outlook on future research directions.
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- Ji-Yu Xie
- School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzho 325000, Zhejiangu, China
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- Shandong Mental Health Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Mental Health Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Ningbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo 315000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650000, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taizhou Second People's Hospital, Taizhou 318000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Medical Imaging Center of Guizhou Province, Zunyi 563000, Guizhou, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
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Use of common average reference and large-Laplacian spatial-filters enhances EEG signal-to-noise ratios in intrinsic sensorimotor activity. J Neurosci Methods 2021; 353:109089. [PMID: 33508408 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oscillations in the resting-state scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) represent various intrinsic brain activities. One of the characteristic EEG oscillations is the sensorimotor rhythm (SMR)-with its arch-shaped waveform in alpha- and betabands-that reflect sensorimotor activity. The representation of sensorimotor activity by the SMR depends on the signal-to-noise ratio achieved by EEG spatial filters. NEW METHOD We employed simultaneous recording of EEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging, and 10-min resting-state brain activities were recorded in 19 healthy volunteers. To compare the EEG spatial-filtering methods commonly used for extracting sensorimotor cortical activities, we assessed nine different spatial-filters: a default reference of EEG amplifier system, a common average reference (CAR), small-, middle- and large-Laplacian filters, and four types of bipolar manners (C3-Cz, C3-F3, C3-P3, and C3-T7). We identified the brain region that correlated with the EEG-SMR power obtained after each spatial-filtering method was applied. Subsequently, we calculated the proportion of the significant voxels in the sensorimotor cortex as well as the sensorimotor occupancy in all significant regions to examine the sensitivity and specificity of each spatial-filter. RESULTS The CAR and large-Laplacian spatial-filters were superior at improving the signal-to-noise ratios for extracting sensorimotor activity from the EEG-SMR signal. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS Our results are consistent with the spatial-filter selection to extract task-dependent activation for better control of EEG-SMR-based interventions. Our approach has the potential to identify the optimal spatial-filter for EEG-SMR. CONCLUSIONS Evaluating spatial-filters for extracting spontaneous sensorimotor activity from the EEG is a useful procedure for constructing more effective EEG-SMR-based interventions.
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Almeida-Antunes N, Crego A, Carbia C, Sousa SS, Rodrigues R, Sampaio A, López-Caneda E. Electroencephalographic signatures of the binge drinking pattern during adolescence and young adulthood: A PRISMA-driven systematic review. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 29:102537. [PMID: 33418172 PMCID: PMC7803655 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Controls and binge drinkers (BDs) do not differ in their behavioral performance. BDs show increased neural activity during attention, working memory and inhibition. Augmented P3 amplitude in BDs was the most solid electrophysiological finding. Evidence does not support specific gender vulnerabilities to the effects of BD. Memory, emotional processing and decision-making processes need further exploration.
Research on neurophysiological impairments associated with binge drinking (BD), an excessive but episodic alcohol use pattern, has significantly increased over the last decade. This work is the first to systematically review –following PRISMA guidelines- the empirical evidence regarding the effects of BD on neural activity –assessed by electroencephalography- of adolescents and young adults. A systematic review was conducted in 34 studies (N = 1723). Results indicated that binge drinkers (BDs) showed similar behavioral performance as non/low drinkers. The most solid electrophysiological finding was an augmented P3 amplitude during attention, working memory and inhibition tasks. This increased neural activity suggests the recruitment of additional resources to perform the task at adequate/successful levels, which supports the neurocompensation hypothesis. Similar to alcoholics, BDs also displayed increased reactivity to alcohol-related cues, augmented resting-state electrophysiological signal and reduced activity during error detection –which gives support to the continuum hypothesis. Evidence does not seem to support greater vulnerability to BD in females. Replication and longitudinal studies are required to account for mixed results and to elucidate the extent/direction of the neural impairments associated with BD.
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- Natália Almeida-Antunes
- Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Portugal
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- Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Portugal
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- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Portugal
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- Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Portugal
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- Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Portugal
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- Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Portugal.
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Stock A, Pertermann M, Mückschel M, Beste C. High-dose ethanol intoxication decreases 1/f neural noise or scale-free neural activity in the resting state. Addict Biol 2020; 25:e12818. [PMID: 31368192 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Binge drinking is a frequent phenomenon in many western societies and has been associated with an increased risk of developing alcohol use disorder later in life. Yet, the effects of high-dose alcohol intoxication on neurophysiological processes are still quite poorly understood. This is particularly the case given that neurophysiological brain activity not only contains recurring (oscillatory) patterns of activity, but also a significant fraction of "scale-free" or arrhythmic dynamics referred to as 1/f type activity, pink noise, or 1/f neural noise. Neurobiological considerations suggest that it should be modulated by alcohol intoxication. To investigate this assumption, we collected resting state EEG data from n = 23 healthy young male subjects in a crossover design, where each subject was once tested sober and once tested while intoxicated (mean breath alcohol concentration of 1.1 permille ±0.2). Analyses of the 1/f neural dynamics showed that ethanol intoxication decreased resting state 1/f neural noise, as compared with a sober state. The effects were strongest when the eyes were closed and particularly reliable in the beta frequency band. Given that the dynamics of the beta band have been shown to strongly depend on GABAA receptor neural transmission, this finding nicely aligns with the fact that ethanol increases GABAergic signaling. The study reveals a currently unreported effect of binge drinking on neurophysiological dynamics, which likely revealed a higher sensitivity for ethanol effects than most commonly considered measures of power in neural oscillations. Implications and applicability of these findings are discussed.
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- Ann‐Kathrin Stock
- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden Germany
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Burleigh TL, Griffiths MD, Sumich A, Wang GY, Kuss DJ. Gaming disorder and internet addiction: A systematic review of resting-state EEG studies. Addict Behav 2020; 107:106429. [PMID: 32283445 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Neurophysiological studies of Gaming Disorder (GD) and internet addiction (IA) are providing important insight into neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning these disorders, which will enable more accurate diagnostic classification. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been widely used to investigate addictive behaviours, and offers advantages of accessibility, low cost, and excellent temporal resolution. The present systematic review evaluates resting-state EEG studies in GD and IA. Papers (n = 7293) were identified in the PsychARTICLES, PsychINFO, Scopus, and Pubmed databases. Following inclusion/exclusion criteria, ten studies remained for evaluation. Results suggest individuals with GD have raised delta and theta activity and reduced beta activity, with coherence analysis suggesting altered brain activity in the mid-to-high frequency range. IA individuals demonstrate raised gamma activity and reduced beta and delta activity. Results suggest that the altered brain activity found in GD/IA may represent distinct underlying neurophysiological markers or traits, lending further support to their unique constructs. Results are also discussed in relation to relevant psychometric measurements and similar (higher frequency) activity found in substance addiction. Future research should focus on replicating the findings in a wider variety of cultural contexts to support the neurophysiological basis of classifying GD and IA.
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Sharma E, Jacob P, Murthy P, Jain S, Varghese M, Jayarajan D, Kumar K, Benegal V, Vaidya N, Zhang Y, Desrivieres S, Schumann G, Iyengar U, Holla B, Purushottam M, Chakrabarti A, Fernandes GS, Heron J, Hickman M, Kartik K, Kalyanram K, Rangaswamy M, Bharath RD, Barker G, Orfanos DP, Ahuja C, Thennarasu K, Basu D, Subodh BN, Kuriyan R, Kurpad SS, Kumaran K, Krishnaveni G, Krishna M, Singh RL, Singh LR, Toledano M. Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA): A developmental cohort study protocol. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:2. [PMID: 31898525 PMCID: PMC6941284 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2373-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low and middle-income countries like India with a large youth population experience a different environment from that of high-income countries. The Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA), based in India, aims to examine environmental influences on genomic variations, neurodevelopmental trajectories and vulnerability to psychopathology, with a focus on externalizing disorders. METHODS cVEDA is a longitudinal cohort study, with planned missingness design for yearly follow-up. Participants have been recruited from multi-site tertiary care mental health settings, local communities, schools and colleges. 10,000 individuals between 6 and 23 years of age, of all genders, representing five geographically, ethnically, and socio-culturally distinct regions in India, and exposures to variations in early life adversity (psychosocial, nutritional, toxic exposures, slum-habitats, socio-political conflicts, urban/rural living, mental illness in the family) have been assessed using age-appropriate instruments to capture socio-demographic information, temperament, environmental exposures, parenting, psychiatric morbidity, and neuropsychological functioning. Blood/saliva and urine samples have been collected for genetic, epigenetic and toxicological (heavy metals, volatile organic compounds) studies. Structural (T1, T2, DTI) and functional (resting state fMRI) MRI brain scans have been performed on approximately 15% of the individuals. All data and biological samples are maintained in a databank and biobank, respectively. DISCUSSION The cVEDA has established the largest neurodevelopmental database in India, comparable to global datasets, with detailed environmental characterization. This should permit identification of environmental and genetic vulnerabilities to psychopathology within a developmental framework. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological data from this study are already yielding insights on brain growth and maturation patterns.
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- Eesha Sharma
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Regional Occupational Health Centre (ROHC), Eastern, ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Kolkata, West Bengal India
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre, Madanapalle, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh India
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- Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre, Madanapalle, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Division of Nutrition, St John’s Research Institute, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Department of Medical Ethics, St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India
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- Foundation for Research and Advocacy in Mental Health, Mysore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur India
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
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Mark CA, Poltavski DV, Petros T, King A. Differential executive functioning in young adulthood as a function of experienced child abuse. Int J Psychophysiol 2018; 135:126-135. [PMID: 30552916 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Previous research has shown cognitive dysfunction in adults with a history of child abuse. The purpose of the present study was to measure differences that exist in executive functioning skills between individuals who have been abused as children versus those without the history of childhood abuse. METHODS The present study recruited 43 students from the University of North Dakota (33 women) between ages 18 and 23 years of age. The participants were administered several prescreening measures, including a measure of physical child abuse, emotional child abuse, and sexual child abuse. Based on responses to these measures, participants were grouped into a no-child-abuse group, a mild-child-abuse group, or a moderate-to-severe child abuse group. All participants were administered measures of executive functioning that included the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, the Operation Span Task, and the Connors Continuous Performance Task with a simultaneous recording of electroencephalographic activity using a wireless 9 channel EEG system. RESULTS There was a statistically significant main effect of child abuse group (no child abuse vs. moderate-to-high child abuse) for the EEG-derived probability of cognitive workload during the OSPAN. Beta bandwidths for individuals in the drug abuse group, which served as a covariate, were also found to be significantly attenuated during the Connors CPT. CONCLUSION Individuals that have been abused as children must use significantly more mental effort to complete executive functioning tasks as compared to their non-abused counterparts. Increased neurological effort could be used to explain poor decision-making skills that are common within the population.
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- University of North Dakota, United States of America
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- University of North Dakota, United States of America
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Affan RO, Huang S, Cruz SM, Holcomb LA, Nguyen E, Marinkovic K. High-intensity binge drinking is associated with alterations in spontaneous neural oscillations in young adults. Alcohol 2018; 70:51-60. [PMID: 29778070 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Heavy episodic alcohol consumption (also termed binge drinking) contributes to a wide range of health and cognitive deficits, but the associated brain-based indices are poorly understood. The current study used electroencephalography (EEG) to examine spontaneous neural oscillations in young adults as a function of quantity, frequency, and the pattern of their alcohol consumption. Sixty-one young adults (23.4 ± 3.4 years of age) were assigned to binge drinking (BD) and light drinking (LD) groups that were equated on gender, race/ethnic identity, age, educational background, and family history of alcoholism. EEG activity was recorded during eyes-open and eyes-closed resting conditions. Each participant's alpha peak frequency (APF) was used to calculate absolute power in individualized theta and alpha frequency bands, with a canonical frequency range used for beta. APF was slower by 0.7 Hz in BD, especially in individuals engaging in high-intensity drinking, but there were no changes in alpha power. BD also exhibited higher frontal theta and beta power than LD. Alpha slowing and increased theta power in BD remained after accounting for depression, anxiety, and personality characteristics, while elevated beta power covaried with sensation seeking. Furthermore, APF slowing and theta power correlated with various measures of alcohol consumption, including binge episodes and blackouts, but not with measures of working and episodic memory, cognitive flexibility, processing speed, or personality variables, suggesting that these physiological changes may be modulated by high-intensity alcohol intake. These results are consistent with studies of alcohol-use disorder (AUD) and support the hypothesis that binge drinking is a transitional stage toward alcohol dependence. The observed thalamocortical dysrhythmia may be indicative of an excitatory-inhibitory imbalance in BD and may potentially serve as an index of the progressive development of AUD, with a goal of informing possible interventions to minimize alcohol's deleterious effects on the brain.
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Koulentaki M, Kouroumalis E. GABA A receptor polymorphisms in alcohol use disorder in the GWAS era. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2018; 235:1845-1865. [PMID: 29721579 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-018-4918-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic, relapsing, neuro-psychiatric illness of high prevalence and with a serious public health impact worldwide. It is complex and polygenic, with a heritability of about 50%, and influenced by environmental causal heterogeneity. Risk factors associated with its etiology have a genetic component. GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in mammalian brain. GABAA receptors are believed to mediate some of the physiological and behavioral actions of alcohol. In this critical review, relevant genetic terms and type and methodology of the genetic studies are briefly explained. Postulated candidate genes that encode subunits of GABAA receptors, with all the reported SNPs, are presented. Genetic studies and meta-analyses examining polymorphisms of the GABAA receptor and their association with AUD predisposition are presented. The data are critically examined with reference to recent GWAS studies that failed to show relations between GABAA receptors and AUD. Restrictions and perspectives of the different findings are discussed.
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- Mairi Koulentaki
- Alcohology Research Laboratory, Medical School, University of Crete, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.,Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heraklion, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heraklion, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Kaarre O, Kallioniemi E, Könönen M, Tolmunen T, Kekkonen V, Kivimäki P, Heikkinen N, Ferreri F, Laukkanen E, Määttä S. Heavy alcohol use in adolescence is associated with altered cortical activity: a combined TMS-EEG study. Addict Biol 2018; 23:268-280. [PMID: 28008690 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 11/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Long-term alcohol use affects cognitive and neurophysiological functioning as well as structural brain development. Combining simultaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) recording with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) enables direct, in vivo exploration of cortical excitability and assessment of effective and functional connectivity. In the central nervous system, the effects of alcohol are particularly mediated by alterations in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurotransmission, and TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs) N45 and N100 in EEG are known to reflect GABAergic function. However, no previous studies have examined the effects of long-term alcohol use in adolescence on TEPs. In this study, a total of 27 young adults with heavy alcohol use in adolescence and 25 age-matched, gender-matched and education-matched controls with little or no alcohol use participated in TMS-EEG measurements. The motor cortex (M1) was stimulated with an intensity of 90 percent of the resting motor threshold of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle. No significant differences were found in the resting motor threshold, TEP latencies or neuropsychological functioning between the groups. We observed an increase in the global mean field power in the time window of 54- to 75-millisecond post-TMS, as well as significant topographical differences in the P60 and N100 in those with a history of heavy drinking. Furthermore, there was a marked increase in the GABAergic N45 amplitude in alcohol users. These findings suggest that long-term alcohol use in adolescence, even when not meeting the diagnostic criteria for a disorder, is associated with changes in connectivity and cortical excitability.
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- Outi Kaarre
- Department of Adolescent Psychiatry; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
- Doctoral Programme of Clinical Research, School of Medicine; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
- Department of Clinical Radiology; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Adolescent Psychiatry; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Adolescent Psychiatry; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
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- Doctoral Programme of Clinical Research, School of Medicine; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
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- Doctoral Programme of Clinical Research, School of Medicine; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Neurology; University Campus Biomedico; Rome Italy
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- Department of Adolescent Psychiatry; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
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Kamaradova D, Brunovsky M, Prasko J, Horacek J, Hajda M, Grambal A, Latalova K. EEG correlates of induced anxiety in obsessive-compulsive patients: comparison of autobiographical and general anxiety scenarios. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2018; 14:2165-2174. [PMID: 30214206 PMCID: PMC6120576 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s169172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The underlying symptomatology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be viewed as an impairment in both cognitive and behavioral inhibition, regarding difficult inhibition of obsessions and behavioral compulsions. Converging results from neuroimaging and electroencephalographic (EEG) studies have identified changes in activities throughout the medial frontal and orbital cortex and subcortical structures supporting the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuit model of OCD. This study aimed to elucidate the electrophysiological changes induced by autobiographical and general anxiety scenarios in patients with OCD. METHODS Resting-state eyes-closed EEG data were recorded in 19 OCD patients and 15 healthy controls. Cortical EEG sources were estimated by standardized low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA). The changes in the emotional state were induced by two different scenarios: the autobiographical script related to patient's OCD symptoms and the script triggering general anxiety. RESULTS During the resting state, we proved increased delta activity in the frontal, limbic and temporal lobe and the sub-lobar area in OCD patients. In a comparison of neural activities during general anxiety in OCD patients and the control group, we proved an increase in delta (parietal, temporal, occipital, frontal and limbic lobes, and sub-lobal area), theta (temporal, parietal and occipital lobes) and alpha-1 activities (parietal lobe). Finally, we explored the neural activity of OCD patients during exposure to the autobiographic scenario. We proved an increase in beta-3 activity (left frontal lobe). CONCLUSION Our study proved differences in neural activation in OCD patients and healthy controls during imagination of general anxiety. Exposure to the autobiographic OCD scenario leads to activation of left frontal brain areas. The results show the possibility of using specific scenarios in OCD therapy.
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- Dana Kamaradova
- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
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Meyers JL, Zhang J, Wang JC, Su J, Kuo SI, Kapoor M, Wetherill L, Bertelsen S, Lai D, Salvatore JE, Kamarajan C, Chorlian D, Agrawal A, Almasy L, Bauer L, Bucholz KK, Chan G, Hesselbrock V, Koganti L, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Manz N, Pandey A, Seay M, Scott D, Taylor RE, Dick DM, Edenberg HJ, Goate A, Foroud T, Porjesz B. An endophenotype approach to the genetics of alcohol dependence: a genome wide association study of fast beta EEG in families of African ancestry. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:1767-1775. [PMID: 28070124 PMCID: PMC5503794 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 09/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Fast beta (20-28 Hz) electroencephalogram (EEG) oscillatory activity may be a useful endophenotype for studying the genetics of disorders characterized by neural hyperexcitability, including substance use disorders (SUDs). However, the genetic underpinnings of fast beta EEG have not previously been studied in a population of African-American ancestry (AA). In a sample of 2382 AA individuals from 482 families drawn from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on resting-state fast beta EEG power. To further characterize our genetic findings, we examined the functional and clinical/behavioral significance of GWAS variants. Ten correlated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (r2>0.9) located in an intergenic region on chromosome 3q26 were associated with fast beta EEG power at P<5 × 10-8. The most significantly associated SNP, rs11720469 (β: -0.124; P<4.5 × 10-9), is also an expression quantitative trait locus for BCHE (butyrylcholinesterase), expressed in thalamus tissue. Four of the genome-wide SNPs were also associated with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Alcohol Dependence in COGA AA families, and two (rs13093097, rs7428372) were replicated in an independent AA sample (Gelernter et al.). Analyses in the AA adolescent/young adult (offspring from COGA families) subsample indicated association of rs11720469 with heavy episodic drinking (frequency of consuming 5+ drinks within 24 h). Converging findings presented in this study provide support for the role of genetic variants within 3q26 in neural and behavioral disinhibition. These novel genetic findings highlight the importance of including AA populations in genetics research on SUDs and the utility of the endophenotype approach in enhancing our understanding of mechanisms underlying addiction susceptibility.
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- JL Meyers
- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA,Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA,Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Physics, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Collaborative Alcohol Research Center, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Collaborative Alcohol Research Center, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA,Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA,Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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López-Caneda E, Cadaveira F, Correas A, Crego A, Maestú F, Rodríguez Holguín S. The Brain of Binge Drinkers at Rest: Alterations in Theta and Beta Oscillations in First-Year College Students with a Binge Drinking Pattern. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:168. [PMID: 28959193 PMCID: PMC5604281 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background: Previous studies have reported anomalous resting brain activity in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of alcoholics, often reflected as increased power in the beta and theta frequency bands. The effects of binge drinking, the most common pattern of excessive alcohol consumption during adolescence and youth, on brain activity at rest is still poorly known. In this study, we sought to assess the pattern of resting-state EEG oscillations in college-aged binge drinkers (BDs). Methods: Resting-state brain activity during eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions was recorded from 60 channels in 80 first-year undergraduate students (40 controls and 40 BDs). Cortical sources activity of EEG rhythms was estimated using exact Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (eLORETA) analysis. Results: EEG-source localization analysis revealed that BDs showed, in comparison with controls, significantly higher intracranial current density in the beta frequency band over the right temporal lobe (parahippocampal and fusiform gyri) during eyes-open resting state as well as higher intracranial current density in the theta band over the bilateral occipital cortex (cuneus and lingual gyrus) during eyes-closed resting condition. Conclusions: These findings are in line with previous results observing increased beta and/or theta power following chronic or heavy alcohol drinking in alcohol-dependent subjects and BDs. Increased tonic beta and theta oscillations are suggestive of an augmented cortical excitability and of potential difficulties in the information processing capacity in young BDs. Furthermore, enhanced EEG power in these frequency bands may respond to a neuromaturational delay as a result of excessive alcohol consumption during this critical brain developmental period.
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- Eduardo López-Caneda
- Neuropsychophysiology Lab, Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of MinhoBraga, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Center for Biomedical TechnologyMadrid, Spain
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- Neuropsychophysiology Lab, Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of MinhoBraga, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Center for Biomedical TechnologyMadrid, Spain.,Department of Basic Psychology II, Complutense University of MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain
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Tsuchimoto S, Shibusawa S, Mizuguchi N, Kato K, Ebata H, Liu M, Hanakawa T, Ushiba J. Resting-State Fluctuations of EEG Sensorimotor Rhythm Reflect BOLD Activities in the Pericentral Areas: A Simultaneous EEG-fMRI Study. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:356. [PMID: 28729830 PMCID: PMC5498521 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Blockade of the scalp electroencephalographic (EEG) sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) is a well-known phenomenon following attempted or executed motor functions. Such a frequency-specific power attenuation of the SMR occurs in the alpha and beta frequency bands and is spatially registered at primary somatosensory and motor cortices. Here, we hypothesized that resting-state fluctuations of the SMR in the alpha and beta frequency bands also covary with resting-state sensorimotor cortical activity, without involving task-related neural dynamics. The present study employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the neural regions whose activities were correlated with the simultaneously recorded SMR power fluctuations. The SMR power fluctuations were convolved with a canonical hemodynamic response function and correlated with blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signals obtained from the entire brain. Our findings show that the alpha and beta power components of the SMR correlate with activities of the pericentral area. Furthermore, brain regions with correlations between BOLD signals and the alpha-band SMR fluctuations were located posterior to those with correlations between BOLD signals and the beta-band SMR. These results are consistent with those of event-related studies of SMR modulation induced by sensory input or motor output. Our findings may help to understand the role of the sensorimotor cortex activity in contributing to the amplitude modulation of SMR during the resting state. This knowledge may be applied to the diagnosis of pathological conditions in the pericentral areas or the refinement of brain–computer interfaces using SMR in the future.
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- Shohei Tsuchimoto
- School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Keio UniversityKanagawa, Japan
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- School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Keio UniversityKanagawa, Japan
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- The Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceTokyo, Japan.,Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio UniversityKanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
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- Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyo, Japan.,Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and TechnologySaitama, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio UniversityKanagawa, Japan.,Keio Institute of Pure and Applied SciencesKanagawa, Japan
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Peng Q, Schork NJ, Wilhelmsen KC, Ehlers CL. Whole genome sequence association and ancestry-informed polygenic profile of EEG alpha in a Native American population. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2017; 174:435-450. [PMID: 28436151 PMCID: PMC5435561 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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EEG alpha activity is the dominant oscillation in most adult humans, is highly heritable, and has been associated with a number of cognitive functions. Two EEG phenotypes, low- and high-voltage alpha (LVA & HVA), have been demonstrated to have high heritabilities. They have different prevalence depending on a population's ancestral origins. In the present study we assessed the influence of ancestry admixture on EEG alpha power, and conducted a whole genome sequencing association analysis and an ancestry-informed polygenic study on those phenotypes in a Native American (NA) population that has a high prevalence of LVA. Seven common variants, in LD with each other upstream from gene ASIC2, reached genome-wide significance (p = 2 × 10-8 ) having a positive association with alpha voltage. They had lower minor allele frequencies in the NAs than in a global population sample. Overall correlations between lower degrees of NA (higher degree European) ancestry and HVA, and higher degrees of NA and LVA were also found. Additionally a rare-variant gene-based study identified gene TIA1 being negatively associated with LVA. Approximately 3% of SNPs exhibited a 15-fold enrichment that explained nearly half of the total SNP-heritability for EEG alpha. These regions showed the most significant anti-correlations between NA ancestry and alpha voltage, and were enriched for genes and pathways mediating cognitive functions. Our findings suggested that these regions likely harbor causal variants for HVA, and lacking of such variants could explain the high prevalence of LVA in this NA population, possibly illuminating the ancestral origin and genetic basis for EEG alpha.
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- Qian Peng
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037 USA
- Department of Human Biology, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037 USA
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- Department of Human Biology, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037 USA
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- Department of Genetics and Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037 USA
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Meyers JL, Zhang J, Manz N, Rangaswamy M, Kamarajan C, Wetherill L, Chorlian DB, Kang SJ, Bauer L, Hesselbrock V, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Nurnberger JI, Tischfield J, Wang JC, Edenberg HJ, Goate A, Foroud T, Porjesz B. A genome wide association study of fast beta EEG in families of European ancestry. Int J Psychophysiol 2017; 115:74-85. [PMID: 28040410 PMCID: PMC5426060 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Differences in fast beta (20-28Hz) electroencephalogram (EEG) oscillatory activity distinguish some individuals with psychiatric and substance use disorders, suggesting that it may be a useful endophenotype for studying the genetics of disorders characterized by neural hyper-excitability. Despite the high heritability estimates provided by twin and family studies, there have been relatively few genetic studies of beta EEG, and to date only one genetic association finding has replicated (i.e., GABRA2). METHOD In a sample of 1564 individuals from 117 families of European Ancestry (EA) drawn from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), we performed a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) on resting-state fronto-central fast beta EEG power, adjusting regression models for family relatedness, age, sex, and ancestry. To further characterize genetic findings, we examined the functional and behavioral significance of GWAS findings. RESULTS Three intronic variants located within DSE (dermatan sulfate epimerase) on 6q22 were associated with fast beta EEG at a genome wide significant level (p<5×10-8). The most significant SNP was rs2252790 (p<2.6×10-8; MAF=0.36; β=0.135). rs2252790 is an eQTL for ROS1 expressed most robustly in the temporal cortex (p=1.2×10-6) and for DSE/TSPYL4 expressed most robustly in the hippocampus (p=7.3×10-4; β=0.29). Previous studies have indicated that DSE is involved in a network of genes integral to membrane organization; gene-based tests indicated that several variants within this network (i.e., DSE, ZEB2, RND3, MCTP1, and CTBP2) were also associated with beta EEG (empirical p<0.05), and of these genes, ZEB2 and CTBP2 were associated with DSM-V Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD; empirical p<0.05).' DISCUSSION In this sample of EA families enriched for AUDs, fast beta EEG is associated with variants within DSE on 6q22; the most significant SNP influences the mRNA expression of DSE and ROS1 in hippocampus and temporal cortex, brain regions important for beta EEG activity. Gene-based tests suggest evidence of association with related genes, ZEB2, RND3, MCTP1, CTBP2, and beta EEG. Converging data from GWAS, gene expression, and gene-networks presented in this study provide support for the role of genetic variants within DSE and related genes in neural hyperexcitability, and has highlighted two potential candidate genes for AUD and/or related neurological conditions: ZEB2 and CTBP2. However, results must be replicated in large, independent samples.
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- Jacquelyn L Meyers
- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA; Department of Physics, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
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- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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An integrated alcoholic index using tunable-Q wavelet transform based features extracted from EEG signals for diagnosis of alcoholism. Appl Soft Comput 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Iacono WG, Malone SM, Vrieze SI. Endophenotype best practices. Int J Psychophysiol 2017; 111:115-144. [PMID: 27473600 PMCID: PMC5219856 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This review examines the current state of electrophysiological endophenotype research and recommends best practices that are based on knowledge gleaned from the last decade of molecular genetic research with complex traits. Endophenotype research is being oversold for its potential to help discover psychopathology relevant genes using the types of small samples feasible for electrophysiological research. This is largely because the genetic architecture of endophenotypes appears to be very much like that of behavioral traits and disorders: they are complex, influenced by many variants (e.g., tens of thousands) within many genes, each contributing a very small effect. Out of over 40 electrophysiological endophenotypes covered by our review, only resting heart, a measure that has received scant advocacy as an endophenotype, emerges as an electrophysiological variable with verified associations with molecular genetic variants. To move the field forward, investigations designed to discover novel variants associated with endophenotypes will need extremely large samples best obtained by forming consortia and sharing data obtained from genome wide arrays. In addition, endophenotype research can benefit from successful molecular genetic studies of psychopathology by examining the degree to which these verified psychopathology-relevant variants are also associated with an endophenotype, and by using knowledge about the functional significance of these variants to generate new endophenotypes. Even without molecular genetic associations, endophenotypes still have value in studying the development of disorders in unaffected individuals at high genetic risk, constructing animal models, and gaining insight into neural mechanisms that are relevant to clinical disorder.
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Characteristics of EEG activity during high altitude hypoxia and lowland reoxygenation. Brain Res 2016; 1648:243-249. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Stephens DN, King SL, Lambert JJ, Belelli D, Duka T. GABAAreceptor subtype involvement in addictive behaviour. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2016; 16:149-184. [DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- School of Psychology; University of Sussex; Brighton UK
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- Division of Neuroscience; University of Dundee; Dundee UK
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- Division of Neuroscience; University of Dundee; Dundee UK
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- School of Psychology; University of Sussex; Brighton UK
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Lackner N, Unterrainer HF, Skliris D, Wood G, Wallner-Liebmann SJ, Neuper C, Gruzelier JH. The Effectiveness of Visual Short-Time Neurofeedback on Brain Activity and Clinical Characteristics in Alcohol Use Disorders: Practical Issues and Results. Clin EEG Neurosci 2016; 47:188-95. [PMID: 26415612 DOI: 10.1177/1550059415605686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study was carried out to examine the efficacy of alpha/theta neurofeedback (NF) with a new visual paradigm in a cohort of alcohol use disordered (AUD) patients (n = 25) treated in an Austrian therapeutic community center. The experimental study design focused on changes in absolute and relative resting EEG band power as well as in clinical variables, including depression (Beck Depresion Inventory [BDI-V]), psychiatric symptoms (Brief Symptom Inventory [BSI], coping (Freiburg Questionnaire on Coping with Illness [FKV-lis]), psychotherapy motivation (Therapy Motivation Questionnaire [FPTM-23]), sense of coherence (Sense of Coherence Scale [SOC-13]), posttraumatic growth (Posttraumatic Growth Inventory [PPR]), and alcohol cravings (Alcohol Craving Questionnaire [ACQ]). For measuring training effects, participants were randomly allocated to 2 groups: an experimental group (EG, n = 13) and a control group (CG, n = 12). Patients in EG received 12 sessions of visual NF training over a period of 6 weeks to enhance alpha (8-12 Hz) and theta (4-7 Hz) frequency band power in addition to the standard treatment program of the rehabilitation center. Participants in CG received no additional NF intervention. The multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed a change by trend in absolute alpha and theta power in the EG. Even though no MANCOVA effects were found in the clinical scales, AUD patients reported increasing control of their brain activity during the course of NF. However, changes in several clinical scales (BDI-V, BSI, FKV-lis, PPR) from pre- to posttest were observed only in the EG contrary to the CG. The findings of this pilot study provide first evidence for the practicality and effectiveness of visual short-term NF as an additive intervention in the therapeutic community.
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- Nina Lackner
- University Clinic of Psychiatry, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria Department of Neuropsychology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
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- University Clinic of Psychiatry, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria Center for Integrative Addiction Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
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- Psychology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
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Herrera-Díaz A, Mendoza-Quiñones R, Melie-Garcia L, Martínez-Montes E, Sanabria-Diaz G, Romero-Quintana Y, Salazar-Guerra I, Carballoso-Acosta M, Caballero-Moreno A. Functional Connectivity and Quantitative EEG in Women with Alcohol Use Disorders: A Resting-State Study. Brain Topogr 2015; 29:368-81. [PMID: 26660886 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-015-0467-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study was aimed at exploring the electroencephalographic features associated with alcohol use disorders (AUD) during a resting-state condition, by using quantitative EEG and Functional Connectivity analyses. In addition, we explored whether EEG functional connectivity is associated with trait impulsivity. Absolute and relative powers and Synchronization Likelihood (SL) as a measure of functional connectivity were analyzed in 15 AUD women and fifteen controls matched in age, gender and education. Correlation analysis between self-report impulsivity as measured by the Barratt impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and SL values of AUD patients were performed. Our results showed increased absolute and relative beta power in AUD patients compared to matched controls, and reduced functional connectivity in AUD patients predominantly in the beta and alpha bands. Impaired connectivity was distributed at fronto-central and occipito-parietal regions in the alpha band, and over the entire scalp in the beta band. We also found that impaired functional connectivity particularly in alpha band at fronto-central areas was negative correlated with non-planning dimension of impulsivity. These findings suggest that functional brain abnormalities are present in AUD patients and a disruption of resting-state EEG functional connectivity is associated with psychopathological traits of addictive behavior.
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- LREN, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroinformatics, Cuban Neuroscience Center, Havana, Cuba.,Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- LREN, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Malone SM, Burwell SJ, Vaidyanathan U, Miller MB, McGue M, Iacono WG. Heritability and molecular-genetic basis of resting EEG activity: a genome-wide association study. Psychophysiology 2015; 51:1225-45. [PMID: 25387704 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Several EEG parameters are potential endophenotypes for different psychiatric disorders. The present study consists of a comprehensive behavioral- and molecular-genetic analysis of such parameters in a large community sample (N = 4,026) of adolescent twins and their parents, genotyped for 527,829 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Biometric heritability estimates ranged from .49 to .85, with a median of .78. The additive effect of all SNPs (SNP heritability) varied across electrodes. Although individual SNPs were not significantly associated with EEG parameters, several genes were associated with delta power. We also obtained an association between the GABRA2 gene and beta power (p < .014), consistent with findings reported by others, although this did not survive Bonferroni correction. If EEG parameters conform to a largely polygenic model of inheritance, larger sample sizes will be required to detect individual variants reliably.
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- Stephen M Malone
- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Quantitative electroencephalography analysis in university students with hazardous alcohol consumption, but not alcohol dependence. Neuroreport 2015; 26:555-60. [PMID: 26035281 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hazardous alcohol consumption is a pattern of consumption that leads to a higher risk of harmful consequences either for the user or for others. This pattern of alcohol consumption has been linked to risky behaviors, accidents, and injuries. Individuals with hazardous alcohol consumption do not necessarily present alcohol dependence; thus, a study of particular neurophysiological correlates of this alcohol consumption pattern needs to be carried out in nondependent individuals. Here, we carried out a quantitative electroencephalography analysis in health sciences university students with hazardous alcohol consumption, but not alcohol dependence (HAC), and control participants without hazardous alcohol consumption or alcohol dependence (NHAC). We analyzed Absolute Power (AP), Relative Power (RP), and Mean Frequency (MF) for beta and theta frequency bands under both eyes closed and eyes open conditions. We found that participants in the HAC group presented higher beta AP at centroparietal region, as well as lower beta MF at frontal and centroparietal regions in the eyes closed condition. Interestingly, participants did not present any change in theta activity (AP, RP, or MF), whereas previous reports indicate an increase in theta AP in alcohol-dependent individuals. Our results partially resemble those found in alcohol-dependent individuals, although are not completely identical, suggesting a possible difference in the underlying neuronal mechanism behind alcohol dependence and hazardous alcohol consumption. Similarities could be explained considering that both hazardous alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence are manifestations of behavioral disinhibition.
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Support vector machine and fuzzy C-mean clustering-based comparative evaluation of changes in motor cortex electroencephalogram under chronic alcoholism. Med Biol Eng Comput 2015; 53:609-22. [PMID: 25773367 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-015-1264-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this study, the magnitude and spatial distribution of frequency spectrum in the resting electroencephalogram (EEG) were examined to address the problem of detecting alcoholism in the cerebral motor cortex. The EEG signals were recorded from chronic alcoholic conditions (n = 20) and the control group (n = 20). Data were taken from motor cortex region and divided into five sub-bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta-1 and beta-2). Three methodologies were adopted for feature extraction: (1) absolute power, (2) relative power and (3) peak power frequency. The dimension of the extracted features is reduced by linear discrimination analysis and classified by support vector machine (SVM) and fuzzy C-mean clustering. The maximum classification accuracy (88 %) with SVM clustering was achieved with the EEG spectral features with absolute power frequency on F4 channel. Among the bands, relatively higher classification accuracy was found over theta band and beta-2 band in most of the channels when computed with the EEG features of relative power. Electrodes wise CZ, C3 and P4 were having more alteration. Considering the good classification accuracy obtained by SVM with relative band power features in most of the EEG channels of motor cortex, it can be suggested that the noninvasive automated online diagnostic system for the chronic alcoholic condition can be developed with the help of EEG signals.
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Salvatore JE, Gottesman II, Dick DM. Endophenotypes for Alcohol Use Disorder: An Update on the Field. CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS 2015; 2:76-90. [PMID: 26236574 DOI: 10.1007/s40429-015-0046-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The endophenotype concept was first proposed as a strategy to use (purportedly) genetically simpler phenotypes in gene identification studies for psychiatric disorders, and is distinct from the closely related concept of intermediate phenotypes. In the area of alcohol use disorder (AUD) research, two candidate endophenotypes have produced replicable genetic associations: level of response to alcohol and neurophysiology markers (e.g., event-related oscillations and event-related potentials). Additional candidate endophenotypes from the cognitive, sensory, and neuroimaging literatures show promise, although more evidence is needed to fully evaluate their potential utility. Translational approaches to AUD endophenotypes have helped characterize the underlying neurobiology and genetics of AUD endophenotypes and identified relevant pharmacological interventions. Future research that capitalizes on the polygenic nature of endophenotypes and emphasizes endophenotypes that may change across development will enhance the usefulness of this concept to understand the genetically-influenced pathways toward AUD.
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- Jessica E Salvatore
- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980126, Richmond, VA 23298-0126
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, N231 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980126, Richmond, VA 23298-0126
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Computer-aided diagnosis of alcoholism-related EEG signals. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 41:257-63. [PMID: 25461226 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Revised: 09/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alcoholism is a severe disorder that affects the functionality of neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) and alters the behavior of the affected person. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals can be used as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of subjects with alcoholism. The neurophysiological interpretation of EEG signals in persons with alcoholism (PWA) is based on observation and interpretation of the frequency and power in their EEGs compared to EEG signals from persons without alcoholism. This paper presents a review of the known features of EEGs obtained from PWA and proposes that the impact of alcoholism on the brain can be determined by computer-aided analysis of EEGs through extracting the minute variations in the EEG signals that can differentiate the EEGs of PWA from those of nonaffected persons. The authors advance the idea of automated computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of alcoholism by employing the EEG signals. This is achieved through judicious combination of signal processing techniques such as wavelet, nonlinear dynamics, and chaos theory and pattern recognition and classification techniques. A CAD system is cost-effective and efficient and can be used as a decision support system by physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism especially those who do not specialize in alcoholism or neurophysiology. It can also be of great value to rehabilitation centers to assess PWA over time and to monitor the impact of treatment aimed at minimizing or reversing the effects of the disease on the brain. A CAD system can be used to determine the extent of alcoholism-related changes in EEG signals (low, medium, high) and the effectiveness of therapeutic plans.
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Wang GY, Kydd R, Wouldes TA, Jensen M, Russell BR. Changes in resting EEG following methadone treatment in opiate addicts. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 126:943-50. [PMID: 25301768 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated the electrophysiological activity associated with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). METHODS The resting EEG spectrum of beta (14.5-30 Hz), alpha (8-13 Hz), theta (4-7.5 Hz) and delta (1.5-3.5 Hz) rhythm were measured in 32 patients undertaking chronic MMT, 17 opiate users and 25 healthy volunteers. Differences in the EEG components of each group were evaluated using a repeated measures Analyses of Variance (ANOVA). Post-hoc comparisons were Bonferroni corrected. RESULTS Our results show that either patients undertaking MMT or active opiate users exhibited a significant increase in the power of beta and theta bands relative to healthy control subjects. However, the spectral power of patients undertaking MMT fell between that of current opiate users and healthy control subjects on many regional EEG measures. There was an inverse correlation between the power of beta or theta bands and cognitive performance. CONCLUSION The abnormal neural electrical activity present in those still using illicit opiates might be reduced following MMT. SIGNIFICANCE The present findings provide further support for MMT of opiate dependence and demonstrates potentially positive effects of substitution treatment on brain function.
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- Grace Y Wang
- Department of Psychology, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand; School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Rosen BQ, O'Hara R, Kovacevic S, Schulman A, Padovan N, Marinkovic K. Oscillatory spatial profile of alcohol's effects on the resting state: anatomically-constrained MEG. Alcohol 2014; 48:89-97. [PMID: 24530007 PMCID: PMC3959272 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It has been firmly established that opening and closing the eyes strongly modulate the electro- and magnetoencephalography (EEG and MEG) signals acquired during wakeful rest. Certain features of the resting EEG are altered in chronic alcoholics and their offspring, and have been proposed as biomarkers for alcoholism. Spontaneous brain oscillations are also affected by pharmacological manipulations, but the spectral and spatial characteristics of these changes are not clear. This study examined effects of the eyes-open (EO) and eyes-closed (EC) resting paradigm and alcohol challenge on the spatial profile of spontaneous MEG and EEG oscillations. Whole-head MEG and scalp EEG signals were acquired simultaneously from healthy social drinkers (n = 17) who participated in both alcohol (0.6 g/kg ethanol for men, 0.55 g/kg for women) and placebo conditions in a counterbalanced design. Power of the signal was calculated with Fast Fourier Transform and was decomposed into its constituent theta (4-7 Hz), alpha (8-12 Hz), and beta (15-20 Hz) frequency bands. High-resolution structural MRI images were additionally obtained from all participants and used to constrain distributed minimum norm inverse source power estimates. The spatial estimates of the main generator nodes were in agreement with studies using a combined fMRI-EEG approach. Alpha band oscillations dominated the spectral profile and their source was estimated to the medial parieto-occipital area. Power in theta and beta bands was weaker overall and their sources were estimated to a more focal medial prefrontal area. EO and EC manipulation most strongly modulated power in the alpha band, but a wide-band power increase was observed during the EC condition. Alcohol intoxication increased alpha power, particularly during the EC condition. Application of this methodology to cohorts of chronic alcoholics or individuals at risk could potentially provide insight into the neural basis of oscillatory differences that may be predictive of the vulnerability to alcoholism.
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- Burke Q Rosen
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0841, La Jolla, CA 92093-0841, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0841, La Jolla, CA 92093-0841, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0841, La Jolla, CA 92093-0841, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0841, La Jolla, CA 92093-0841, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0841, La Jolla, CA 92093-0841, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0841, La Jolla, CA 92093-0841, USA.
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Substance use disorders are exceedingly complicated as is the treatment. To increase positive outcomes, an understanding of all facets, bio/psycho/social/spiritual,economic, and interdisciplinary aspects, are essential to successful treatment. Neurofeedback has been applied successfully as an integrative treatment of SUDs for more than 30 years. Highlighted research that includes the Peniston Alpha-Theta protocol and Scott-Kaiser modifications of the Peniston protocol has shown that SUD treatment when combined with conventional treatment has the potential to improve measurable parameters and significantly increase positive outcomes.
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Rangaswamy M, Porjesz B. Understanding alcohol use disorders with neuroelectrophysiology. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2014; 125:383-414. [PMID: 25307587 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-62619-6.00023-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Neurocognitive deficits associated with impairments in various brain regions and neural circuitries, particularly involving frontal lobes, have been associated with chronic alcoholism, as well as with a predisposition to develop alcohol use and related disorders (AUDs). AUD is a multifactorial disorder caused by complex interactions between behavioral, genetic, and environmental liabilities. Neuroelectrophysiologic techniques are instrumental in understanding brain and behavior relationships and have also proved very useful in evaluating the genetic diathesis of alcoholism. This chapter describes findings from neuroelectrophysiologic measures (electroencephalogram, event-related potentials, and event-related oscillations) related to acute and chronic effects of alcohol on the brain and those that reflect underlying deficits related to a predisposition to develop AUDs and related disorders. The utility of these measures as effective endophenotypes to identify and understand genes associated with brain electrophysiology, cognitive networks, and AUDs has also been discussed.
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- Madhavi Rangaswamy
- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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Alcohol is widely consumed; however, excessive use creates serious physical, psychological and social problems and contributes to the pathogenesis of many diseases. Alcohol use disorders (that is, alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse) are maladaptive patterns of excessive drinking that lead to serious problems. Abundant evidence indicates that alcohol dependence (alcoholism) is a complex genetic disease, with variations in a large number of genes affecting a person's risk of alcoholism. Some of these genes have been identified, including two genes involved in the metabolism of alcohol (ADH1B and ALDH2) that have the strongest known affects on the risk of alcoholism. Studies continue to reveal other genes in which variants affect the risk of alcoholism or related traits, including GABRA2, CHRM2, KCNJ6 and AUTS2. As more variants are analysed and studies are combined for meta-analysis to achieve increased sample sizes, an improved picture of the many genes and pathways that affect the risk of alcoholism will be possible.
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- Howard J Edenberg
- Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS4063, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5122, USA.
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Ahmadlou M, Ahmadi K, Rezazade M, Azad-Marzabadi E. Global organization of functional brain connectivity in methamphetamine abusers. Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 124:1122-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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FAUST OLIVER, YU WENWEI, KADRI NAHRIZULADIB. COMPUTER-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF NORMAL AND ALCOHOLIC EEG SIGNALS USING WAVELET PACKETS AND ENERGY MEASURES. J MECH MED BIOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219519413500334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This paper describes a computer-based identification system of normal and alcoholic Electroencephalography (EEG) signals. The identification system was constructed from feature extraction and classification algorithms. The feature extraction was based on wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) and energy measures. Feature fitness was established through the statistical t-test method. The extracted features were used as training and test data for a competitive 10-fold cross-validated analysis of six classification algorithms. This analysis showed that, with an accuracy of 95.8%, the k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) algorithm outperforms naïve Bayes classification (NBC), fuzzy Sugeno classifier (FSC), probabilistic neural network (PNN), Gaussian mixture model (GMM), and decision tree (DT). The 10-fold stratified cross-validation instilled reliability in the result, therefore we are confident when we state that EEG signals can be used to automate both diagnosis and treatment monitoring of alcoholic patients. Such an automatization can lead to cost reduction by relieving medical experts from routine and administrative tasks.
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- OLIVER FAUST
- School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, P. R. China
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- Department of Medical System Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Villafuerte S, Strumba V, Stoltenberg SF, Zucker RA, Burmeister M. Impulsiveness mediates the association between GABRA2 SNPs and lifetime alcohol problems. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2013; 12:525-31. [PMID: 23566244 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Genetic variants in GABRA2 have previously been shown to be associated with alcohol measures, electroencephalography (EEG) β waves and impulsiveness-related traits. Impulsiveness is a behavioral risk factor for alcohol and other substance abuse. Here, we tested association between 11 variants in GABRA2 with NEO-impulsiveness and problem drinking. Our sample of 295 unrelated adult subjects was from a community of families with at least one male with DSM-IV alcohol use diagnosis, and from a socioeconomically comparable control group. Ten GABRA2 SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) were associated with the NEO-impulsiveness (P < 0.03). The alleles associated with higher impulsiveness correspond to the minor alleles identified in previous alcohol dependence studies. All ten SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with each other and represent one effect on impulsiveness. Four SNPs and the corresponding haplotype from intron 3 to intron 4 were also associated with Lifetime Alcohol Problems Score (LAPS, P < 0.03) (not corrected for multiple testing). Impulsiveness partially mediates (22.6% average) this relation between GABRA2 and LAPS. Our results suggest that GABRA2 variation in the region between introns 3 and 4 is associated with impulsiveness and this effect partially influences the development of alcohol problems, but a direct effect of GABRA2 on problem drinking remains. A potential functional SNP rs279827, located next to a splice site, is located in the most significant region for both impulsiveness and LAPS. The high degree of LD among nine of these SNPs and the conditional analyses we have performed suggest that all variants represent one signal.
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- S Villafuerte
- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 5063, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2200, USA.
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Abnormal cerebral electrogenesis is associated with impaired cognitive performance in hypertensive patients. J Hum Hypertens 2013; 27:463-4. [PMID: 23514845 DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2013.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Vuong PL, Xia L, Malik AS, Abd Rashid RB. Biomarker Development on Alcohol Addiction Using EEG. NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING 2013:199-206. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-42054-2_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Jaworska N, Berrigan L, Fisher D, Ahmed AG, Gray J, Bradford J, Korovessis A, Fedoroff P, Knott V. A pilot study of electrocortical activity in dysfunctional anger: decreased frontocortical activation, impaired attention control, and diminished behavioral inhibition. Aggress Behav 2012; 38:469-80. [PMID: 22969037 DOI: 10.1002/ab.21449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Dysfunctional anger, though not a primary clinical diagnosis per se, does present clinically as a pathological mood for which treatment is sought. Few studies have probed the neurocortical correlates of dysfunctional anger or assessed if cognitive processes, such as attention, are altered in dysfunctional anger. Though dysfunctional and high trait anger appears to be associated with biased processing of anger-eliciting information, few studies have examined if dysfunctional anger modulates attention more generally. This is a notable gap as volitional attention control is associated with effective emotive regulation, which is impaired in dysfunctional anger and in associated acts of aggression. In this pilot study, we examined performance and electroencephalographic (EEG) profiles during a 12-min continuous performance task (CPT) of sustained attention in 15 adults with dysfunctional anger (Anger group) and 14 controls (control group). The Anger group had fewer hits at the end of the CPT, which correlated with decreased frontocortical activation, suggesting decreased engagement of frontal circuits when attention is taxed. The Anger group had more false alarms overall indicating impaired response inhibition. Increased right cortical activation during the initial portion of CPT existed in the Anger group, perhaps reflecting greater engagement of frontal circuits (i.e. effort) during initial stages of the task compared to controls. Finally, increased overall beta₁ power, suggesting increased cortical activation, was noted in the Anger group. These EEG patterns suggest a hypervigilant state in dysfunctional anger, which may interfere with effective attention control and decrease inhibition. Such impairments likely extend beyond the laboratory setting, and may associate with aggressive acts in real life.
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- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada
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- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada
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- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada
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- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada
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Jaworska N, Berrigan L, Ahmed AG, Gray J, Bradford J, Korovessis A, Fedoroff P, Knott V. Resting electrocortical activity in adults with dysfunctional anger: a pilot study. Psychiatry Res 2012; 203:229-36. [PMID: 22910575 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 12/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although dysfunctional anger is not a DMS diagnosis, some individuals present with dysfunctional anger, to the exclusion of other psychiatric disorders, as the primary clinical feature. However, our understanding of the neural basis of dysfunctional anger is limited. Though previous work has examined electroencephalographic (EEG) activity in individuals with high trait anger, and in youth with disorders consistent with dysfunctional anger, no studies have assessed EEG activity in adults with dysfunctional anger. This study examined resting EEG by way of relative power in the beta and alpha bands, as well as absolute frontal and parietal alpha(1/2) asymmetry, in 15 adults with psychiatrist-assessed and psychometrically rated dysfunctional anger (Anger) and 14 control participants (Control). The Anger group had increased overall relative beta(1) power during both eyes-open and closed conditions. Inconsistent with most precedent literature, the Anger group also exhibited greater relative right fronto-cortical activation (alpha(1)-indexed frontal asymmetry) during the eyes-closed condition. This may reflect greater anxious arousal and/or compensatory activation of inhibitory tendencies associated with right frontal activation in individuals with dysfunctional anger. Enhanced beta(1) activity may index greater tonic cortical arousal or a chronic hypervigilant state, which may predispose individuals with dysfunctional anger to over-react to relatively innocuous stimuli.
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- Natalia Jaworska
- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Developmental trajectories of resting EEG power: an endophenotype of autism spectrum disorder. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39127. [PMID: 22745707 PMCID: PMC3380047 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Current research suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by asynchronous neural oscillations. However, it is unclear whether changes in neural oscillations represent an index of the disorder or are shared more broadly among both affected and unaffected family members. Additionally, it remains unclear how early these differences emerge in development and whether they remain constant or change over time. In this study we examined developmental trajectories in spectral power in infants at high- or low-risk for ASD. Spectral power was extracted from resting EEG recorded over frontal regions of the scalp when infants were 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months of age. We used multilevel modeling to assess change over time between risk groups in the delta, theta, low alpha, high alpha, beta, and gamma frequency bands. The results indicated that across all bands, spectral power was lower in high-risk infants as compared to low-risk infants at 6-months of age. Furthermore high-risk infants showed different trajectories of change in spectral power in the subsequent developmental window indicating that not only are the patterns of change different, but that group differences are dynamic within the first two years of life. These findings remained the same after removing data from a subset of participants who displayed ASD related behaviors at 24 or 36 months. These differences in the nature of the trajectories of EEG power represent important endophenotypes of ASD.
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Villafuerte S, Heitzeg MM, Foley S, Yau WYW, Majczenko K, Zubieta JK, Zucker RA, Burmeister M. Impulsiveness and insula activation during reward anticipation are associated with genetic variants in GABRA2 in a family sample enriched for alcoholism. Mol Psychiatry 2012; 17:511-9. [PMID: 21483437 PMCID: PMC3166450 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Genetic factors, externalizing personality traits such as impulsivity, and brain processing of salient stimuli all can affect individual risk for alcoholism. One of very few confirmed genetic association findings differentiating alcoholics from non-alcoholics is with variants in the inhibitory γ-amino butyric acid α2 receptor subunit (GABRA2) gene. Here we report the association of two of these GABRA2 variants with measures of alcohol symptoms, impulsivity and with insula cortex activation during anticipation of reward or loss using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In a sample of 173 families (449 subjects), 129 of whom had at least one member diagnosed with alcohol dependence or abuse, carriers for the G allele in two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes were more likely to have alcohol dependence symptoms (rs279858, P=0.01; rs279826, P=0.05; haplotype, P=0.02) and higher NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) Impulsiveness scores (rs279858, P=0.016; rs279826, P=0.012; haplotype, P=0.032) with a stronger effect in women (rs279858, P=0.011; rs279826, P=0.002; haplotype, P=0.006), all P-values are corrected for family history and age. A subset of offspring from these families (n=44, 20 females), genotyped for GABRA2, participated in an fMRI study using a monetary incentive delay task. Increased insula activation during reward (r(2)=0.4; P=0.026) and loss (r(2)=0.38; P=0.039) anticipation was correlated with NEO-PI-R Impulsiveness and further associated with the GG genotype for both SNPs (P's<0.04). Our results suggest that GABRA2 genetic variation is associated with Impulsiveness through variation of insula activity responses, here evidenced during anticipatory responses.
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- Sandra Villafuerte
- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Ehlers CL, Wills DN, Havstad J. Ethanol reduces the phase locking of neural activity in human and rodent brain. Brain Res 2012; 1450:67-79. [PMID: 22410292 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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How the neuromolecular actions of ethanol translate to its observed intoxicating effects remains poorly understood. Synchrony of phase (phase locking) of event-related oscillations (EROs) within and between different brain areas has been suggested to reflect communication exchange between neural networks and as such may be a sensitive and translational measure of ethanol's effects. Using a similar auditory event-related potential paradigm in both rats and humans we investigated the phase variability of EROs collected from 38 young men who had participated in an ethanol/placebo challenge protocol, and 46 adult male rats given intraperitoneal injections of ethanol/saline. Phase locking was significantly higher in the delta frequencies in humans than in rats. Phase locking was also higher for the rare (target) tone than the frequent (non-target) tone in both species. Significant reductions in phase locking to the rare (target) tone in the delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma frequencies, within and between brain sites, was found at 1h following ethanol as compared to placebo/saline administration in both rats and humans. Reductions in phase locking in the alpha frequencies in the parietal cortex were found to be correlated with blood ethanol concentrations. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that ethanol's intoxicating actions in the brain include reducing synchrony within and between neuronal networks, perhaps by increasing the level of noise in key neuromolecular interactions.
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- Cindy L Ehlers
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute,10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Schellekens AFA, Mulders PCR, Ellenbroek B, de Jong CAJ, Buitelaar JK, Cools A, Verkes RJ. Early-onset alcohol dependence increases the acoustic startle reflex. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012; 36:1075-83. [PMID: 22273252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01700.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperreactivity and impaired sensory gating of the acoustic startle response in alcohol dependence has been suggested to reflect a residual effect of previous detoxifications, increasing the severity of subsequent withdrawal episodes. Previous studies on the acoustic startle only included early-onset alcohol-dependent patients. The observed abnormalities may therefore also be specific for this subtype of alcohol dependence. We investigated the acoustic startle response in alcohol-dependent patients and healthy controls and hypothesized that (i) early-onset alcohol-dependent patients show increased acoustic startle responses compared with late-onset alcohol-dependent patients and healthy controls, and (ii) the duration of alcohol dependence or the number of prior detoxifications would not explain the differences in the acoustic startle between early- and late-onset alcohol dependence. METHODS The acoustic startle reflex was assessed in detoxified, male alcohol-dependent patients (N = 83) and age-matched healthy male controls (N = 86). Reflex eye blink responses to an auditory startle stimulus were measured by means of electromyographic recordings over the right orbicularis oculi muscle. Reflex amplitudes and levels of prepulse inhibition (PPI) were analyzed. RESULTS There was no association between number of previous withdrawals and the startle response or PPI. Early-onset alcohol-dependent patients showed higher acoustic startle amplitudes compared with late-onset alcohol-dependent patients and healthy controls [75/105 dB: F(2, 166) = 9.2, p < 0.001; 85/105 dB: F(2, 166) = 12.1, p < 0.001; 95 dB: F(2, 166) = 8.2, p < 0.001; 105 dB: F(2, 166) = 9.7, p < 0.001], and there were no differences in PPI. CONCLUSIONS Increased acoustic startle response in detoxified early-onset alcohol-dependent patients may reflect a trait marker specifically involved in early-onset alcohol dependence. The findings of the current study do not support the hypothesis that the increased startle response is a residual state marker.
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- Arnt F A Schellekens
- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Zhu G, Li Y, Wen P(P. Evaluating Functional Connectivity in Alcoholics Based on Maximal Weight Matching. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATICS 2011. [DOI: 10.20965/jaciii.2011.p1221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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EEG-based applications have faced the challenge of multi-modal integrated analysis problems. In this paper, a greedy maximal weight matching approach is used to measure the functional connectivity in alcoholics datasets with EEG and EOG signals. The major discovery is that the processing of the repeated and unrepeated stimuli in the γ band in control drinkers is significantly more different than that in alcoholic subjects. However, the EOGs are always stable in the case of visual tasks, except for a weakly wave when subjects make an error response to the stimuli.
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Strat YL, Ramoz N, Schumann G, Gorwood P. Molecular genetics of alcohol dependence and related endophenotypes. Curr Genomics 2011; 9:444-51. [PMID: 19506733 PMCID: PMC2691669 DOI: 10.2174/138920208786241252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2008] [Revised: 06/11/2008] [Accepted: 06/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Alcohol dependence is a worldwide public health problem, and involves both environmental and genetic vulnerability factors. The heritability of alcohol dependence is rather high, ranging between 50% and 60%, although alcohol dependence is a polygenic, complex disorder. Genome-wide scans on large cohorts of multiplex families, including the collaborative study on genetics of alcoholism (COGA), emphasized the role of many chromosome regions and some candidate genes. The genes encoding the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, or those involved in brain reward pathways, have been involved. Since dopamine is the main neurotransmitter in the reward circuit, genes involved in the dopaminergic pathway represent candidates of interest. Furthermore, gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter mediates the acute actions of alcohol and is involved in withdrawal symptomatology. Numerous studies showed an association between variants within GABA receptors genes and the risk of alcohol dependence. In accordance with the complexity of the “alcohol dependence” phenotype, another field of research, related to the concept of endophenotypes, received more recent attention. The role of vulnerability genes in alcohol dependence is therefore re-assessed focusing on different phenotypes and endophenotypes. The latter include brain oscillations, EEG alpha and beta variants and alpha power, and amplitude of P300 amplitude elicited from a visual oddball task. Recent enhancement on global characterizations of the genome by high-throughput approach for genotyping of polymorphisms and studies of transcriptomics and proteomics in alcohol dependence is also reviewed.
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- Yann L Strat
- INSERM U675, IFR02, Université Paris 7, 16 Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
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Lydall GJ, Saini J, Ruparelia K, Montagnese S, McQuillin A, Guerrini I, Rao H, Reynolds G, Ball D, Smith I, Thomson AD, Morgan MY, Gurling HMD. Genetic association study of GABRA2 single nucleotide polymorphisms and electroencephalography in alcohol dependence. Neurosci Lett 2011; 500:162-6. [PMID: 21683760 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2010] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) system has been implicated in the susceptibility to develop alcohol dependence and in determining electroencephalogram (EEG) beta activity. The role of the GABA receptor alpha-2 gene (GABRA2) in human alcohol dependence was determined in a genetic and electrophysiological study. The study population comprised 586 white UK individuals with alcohol dependence but a very low prevalence of co-morbid drug dependence, and 603 ancestrally matched healthy controls. Genotyping for seven GABRA2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), identified from the literature as positively associated with alcohol dependence, was performed with success rates of 90% or greater. EEGs were available in 32 selected patients who had been abstinent from alcohol for a minimum of 24 months and in 138 ancestrally matched healthy controls. None of the SNPs showed allelic or haplotypic association with alcohol dependence. All markers were in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in the controls. HWE for marker rs279841 in the alcohol dependent sample was p=0.0199 and combined p=0.0166. Linkage disequilibrium patterns appear to be very similar to that observed in the HapMap CEU data. A significantly higher prevalence of excess EEG fast activity was found in the patients (31 vs. 14%, p=0.018). A significant relationship was found between the presence of excess EEG fast activity and GABRA2 SNPs rs548583, rs279871 and rs279841. This allelic association study provides no evidence for an association between GABRA2 polymorphisms and alcohol dependence. However, a significant relationship was identified between GABRA2 and excess EEG fast activity. This dissociation of effect may reflect the fact that the EEG is a more direct marker of phenotypic GABRA2 expression than the more heterogeneous alcohol dependence phenotype.
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- G J Lydall
- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College London, London Medical School, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JF, UK.
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