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Steinfeld MR, Torregrossa MM. Consequences of adolescent drug use. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:313. [PMID: 37802983 PMCID: PMC10558564 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02590-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Substance use in adolescence is a known risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric and substance use disorders in adulthood. This is in part due to the fact that critical aspects of brain development occur during adolescence, which can be altered by drug use. Despite concerted efforts to educate youth about the potential negative consequences of substance use, initiation remains common amongst adolescents world-wide. Additionally, though there has been substantial research on the topic, many questions remain about the predictors and the consequences of adolescent drug use. In the following review, we will highlight some of the most recent literature on the neurobiological and behavioral effects of adolescent drug use in rodents, non-human primates, and humans, with a specific focus on alcohol, cannabis, nicotine, and the interactions between these substances. Overall, consumption of these substances during adolescence can produce long-lasting changes across a variety of structures and networks which can have enduring effects on behavior, emotion, and cognition.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael R Steinfeld
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 450 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA.
- Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 450 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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Dubol M, Immenschuh J, Jonasson M, Takahashi K, Niwa T, Hosoya T, Roslin S, Wikström J, Antoni G, Watanabe Y, Lubberink M, Biegon A, Sundström-Poromaa I, Comasco E. Acute nicotine exposure blocks aromatase in the limbic brain of healthy women: A [ 11C]cetrozole PET study. Compr Psychiatry 2023; 123:152381. [PMID: 36905856 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Of interest to women's mental health, a wealth of studies suggests sex differences in nicotine addiction and treatment response, but their psychoneuroendocrine underpinnings remain largely unknown. A pathway involving sex steroids could indeed be involved in the behavioural effects of nicotine, as it was found to inhibit aromatase in vitro and in vivo in rodents and non-human primates, respectively. Aromatase regulates the synthesis of oestrogens and, of relevance to addiction, is highly expressed in the limbic brain. METHODS The present study sought to investigate in vivo aromatase availability in relation to exposure to nicotine in healthy women. Structural magnetic resonance imaging and two [11C]cetrozole positron emission tomography (PET) scans were performed to assess the availability of aromatase before and after administration of nicotine. Gonadal hormones and cotinine levels were measured. Given the region-specific expression of aromatase, a ROI-based approach was employed to assess changes in [11C]cetrozole non-displaceable binding potential. RESULTS The highest availability of aromatase was found in the right and left thalamus. Upon nicotine exposure, [11C]cetrozole binding in the thalamus was acutely decreased bilaterally (Cohen's d = -0.99). In line, cotinine levels were negatively associated with aromatase availability in the thalamus, although as non-significant trend. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate acute blocking of aromatase availability by nicotine in the thalamic area. This suggests a new putative mechanism mediating the effects of nicotine on human behaviour, particularly relevant to sex differences in nicotine addiction.
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- Manon Dubol
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan; Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan; Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Neuroradiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Zhao Y, Yang X, Cheng S, Li C, He D, Cai Q, Wei W, Qin X, Zhang N, Shi S, Chu X, Meng P, Zhang F. Assessing the effect of interaction between lifestyle and longitudinal changes in brain structure on sleep phenotypes. Cereb Cortex 2023:7030864. [PMID: 36750265 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Longitudinal changes in brain structure and lifestyle can affect sleep phenotypes. However, the influence of the interaction between longitudinal changes in brain structure and lifestyle on sleep phenotypes remains unclear. Genome-wide association study dataset of longitudinal changes in brain structure was obtained from published study. Phenotypic data of lifestyles and sleep phenotypes were obtained from UK Biobank cohort. Using genotype data from UK Biobank, we calculated polygenetic risk scores of longitudinal changes in brain structure phenotypes. Linear/logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate interactions between longitudinal changes in brain structure and lifestyles on sleep duration, chronotype, insomnia, snoring and daytime dozing. Multiple lifestyle × longitudinal changes in brain structure interactions were detected for 5 sleep phenotypes, such as physical activity×caudate_age2 for daytime dozing (OR = 1.0389, P = 8.84 × 10-3) in total samples, coffee intake×cerebellar white matter volume_age2 for daytime dozing (OR = 0.9652, P = 1.13 × 10-4) in females. Besides, we found 4 overlapping interactions in different sleep phenotypes. We conducted sex stratification analysis and identified one overlapping interaction between female and male. Our results support the moderate effects of interaction between lifestyle and longitudinal changes in brain structure on sleep phenotypes, and deepen our understanding of the pathogenesis of sleep disorders.
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- Yijing Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center of Endemic Disease and Health Promotion for Silk Road Region, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 76 Yan Ta West Road, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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Lor CS, Haugg A, Zhang M, Schneider L, Herdener M, Quednow BB, Golestani N, Scharnowski F. Thalamic volume and functional connectivity are associated with nicotine dependence severity and craving. Addict Biol 2023; 28:e13261. [PMID: 36577730 PMCID: PMC10078543 DOI: 10.1111/adb.13261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
Tobacco smoking is associated with deleterious health outcomes. Most smokers want to quit smoking, yet relapse rates are high. Understanding neural differences associated with tobacco use may help generate novel treatment options. Several animal studies have recently highlighted the central role of the thalamus in substance use disorders, but this research focus has been understudied in human smokers. Here, we investigated associations between structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging measures of the thalamus and its subnuclei to distinct smoking characteristics. We acquired anatomical scans of 32 smokers as well as functional resting-state scans before and after a cue-reactivity task. Thalamic functional connectivity was associated with craving and dependence severity, whereas the volume of the thalamus was associated with dependence severity only. Craving, which fluctuates rapidly, was best characterized by differences in brain function, whereas the rather persistent syndrome of dependence severity was associated with both brain structural differences and function. Our study supports the notion that functional versus structural measures tend to be associated with behavioural measures that evolve at faster versus slower temporal scales, respectively. It confirms the importance of the thalamus to understand mechanisms of addiction and highlights it as a potential target for brain-based interventions to support smoking cessation, such as brain stimulation and neurofeedback.
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- Cindy Sumaly Lor
- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Brain and Language Lab
- Cognitive Science Hub, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Psychology
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhang M, Liu S, Wang S, Xu Y, Chen L, Shao Z, Wen X, Yang W, Liu J, Yuan K. Reduced thalamic resting-state functional connectivity and impaired cognition in acute abstinent heroin users. Hum Brain Mapp 2021; 42:2077-2088. [PMID: 33459459 PMCID: PMC8046054 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
As a critical component of cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop in addiction, our understanding of the thalamus in impaired cognition of heroin users (HU) has been limited. Due to the complex thalamic connection with cortical and subcortical regions, thalamus was divided into prefrontal (PFC), occipital (OC), premotor, primary motor, sensory, temporal, and posterior parietal association subregions according to white matter tractography. We adopted seven subregions of bilateral thalamus as regions of interest to systematically study the implications of distinct thalamic nuclei in acute abstinent HU. The volume and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) differences of the thalamus were investigated between age-, gender-, and alcohol-matched 37 HU and 33 healthy controls (HCs). Trail making test-A (TMT-A) was adopted to assess cognitive function deficits, which were then correlated with neuroimaging findings. Although no significant different volumes were found, HU group showed decreased RSFC between left PFC_thalamus and middle temporal gyrus as well as between left OC_thalamus and inferior frontal gyrus and supplementary motor area relative to HCs. Meanwhile, the higher TMT-A scores in HU were negatively correlated with PFC_thalamic RSFC with inferior temporal gyrus, fusiform, and precuneus. Craving scores were negatively correlated with OC_thalamic RSFC with accumbens, hippocampus, and insula. Opiate Withdrawal Scale scores were negatively correlated with left PFC/OC_thalamic RSFC with orbitofrontal cortex and medial PFC. We indicated two thalamus subregions separately involvement in cognitive control and craving to reveal the implications of thalamic subnucleus in pathology of acute abstinent HU.
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- Min Zhang
- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of RadiologySecond Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangshaChina
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- Department of RadiologySecond Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangshaChina
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyXidian UniversityXi'anShaanxiPeople's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of EducationXi'anPeople's Republic of China
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Measuring Subthalamic Nucleus Volume of Parkinson's Patients and Evaluating Its Relationship with Clinical Scales at Pre- and Postdeep Brain Stimulation Treatment: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:6646416. [PMID: 33708991 PMCID: PMC7932794 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6646416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study investigated potential imaging biomarkers for predicting the efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). A total of 59 PD patients and 50 healthy control subjects underwent high-resolution 3-dimensional T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging. Bilateral STN volumes were compared between the 2 groups, and a correlation analysis was performed to assess the relationship between bilateral STN volumes or intracranial volume (ICV) and pre- or postoperative clinical scale scores. The results showed that the left STN volume differed significantly between PD patients and controls. In patients, the left STN volume was negatively correlated with pre- and postoperative quality of life scores and positively correlated with Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores; ICV was also positively correlated with the MMSE score. These findings indicate that changes in the left STN volume are a useful biomarker for evaluating the clinical outcome of PD patients following DBS.
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Decentralized Multisite VBM Analysis During Adolescence Shows Structural Changes Linked to Age, Body Mass Index, and Smoking: a COINSTAC Analysis. Neuroinformatics 2021; 19:553-566. [PMID: 33462781 DOI: 10.1007/s12021-020-09502-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
There has been an upward trend in developing frameworks that enable neuroimaging researchers to address challenging questions by leveraging data across multiple sites all over the world. One such open-source framework is the Collaborative Informatics and Neuroimaging Suite Toolkit for Anonymous Computation (COINSTAC) that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems and leverages containerized analysis pipelines to analyze neuroimaging data stored locally across multiple physical locations without the need for pooling the data at any point during the analysis. In this paper, the COINSTAC team partnered with a data collection consortium to implement the first-ever decentralized voxelwise analysis of brain imaging data performed outside the COINSTAC development group. Decentralized voxel-based morphometry analysis of over 2000 structural magnetic resonance imaging data sets collected at 14 different sites across two cohorts and co-located in different countries was performed to study the structural changes in brain gray matter which linked to age, body mass index (BMI), and smoking. Results produced by the decentralized analysis were consistent with and extended previous findings in the literature. In particular, a widespread cortical gray matter reduction (resembling a 'default mode network' pattern) and hippocampal increase with age, bilateral increases in the hypothalamus and basal ganglia with BMI, and cingulate and thalamic decreases with smoking. This work provides a critical real-world test of the COINSTAC framework in a "Large-N" study. It showcases the potential benefits of performing multivoxel and multivariate analyses of large-scale neuroimaging data located at multiple sites.
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Wang C, Wang S, Shen Z, Qian W, Jiaerken Y, Luo X, Li K, Zeng Q, Gu Q, Yang Y, Huang P, Zhang M. Increased thalamic volume and decreased thalamo-precuneus functional connectivity are associated with smoking relapse. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 28:102451. [PMID: 33022581 PMCID: PMC7548987 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The thalamus, with the highest density of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) in the brain, plays a central role in thalamo-cortical circuits that are implicated in nicotine addiction. However, little is known about whether the thalamo-cortical circuits are potentially predictive of smoking relapse. In the current study, a total of 125 participants (84 treatment-seeking male smokers and 41 age-matched male nonsmokers) were recruited. Structural and functional magnetic resonance images (MRI) were acquired from all participants. After a 12-week smoking cessation treatment with varenicline, the smokers were then divided into relapsers (n = 54) and nonrelapsers (n = 30). Then, we compared thalamic volume and seed-based thalamo-cortical resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) prior to the cessation treatment among relapsers, nonrelapsers and nonsmokers to investigate the associations between thalamic structure/function and smoking relapse. Increased thalamic volume was detected in smokers relative to nonsmokers, and in relapsers relative to nonrelapsers, especially on the left side. Moreover, decreased left thalamo-precuneus rsFC was detected in relapsers relative to nonrelapsers. Additionally, a logistic regression analysis showed that the thalamic volume and thalamo-precuneus rsFC predicted smoking relapse with an accuracy of 75.7%. These novel findings indicate that increased thalamic volume and decreased thalamo-precuneus rsFC are associated with smoking relapse, and these thalamic measures may be used to predict treatment efficacy of nicotine addiction and serve as a potential biomarker for personalized medicine.
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- Chao Wang
- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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Luo Y, He H, Duan M, Huang H, Hu Z, Wang H, Yao G, Yao D, Li J, Luo C. Dynamic Functional Connectivity Strength Within Different Frequency-Band in Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2020; 10:995. [PMID: 32116820 PMCID: PMC7029741 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
As a complex psychiatric disorder, schizophrenia is interpreted as a "dysconnection" syndrome, which is linked to abnormal integrations in between distal brain regions. Recently, neuroimaging has been widely adopted to investigate how schizophrenia affects brain networks. Furthermore, some studies reported frequency dependence of the abnormalities of functional network in schizophrenia, however, dynamic functional connectivity with frequency dependence is rarely used to explore changes in the whole brain of patients with schizophrenia (SZ). Therefore, in the current study, dynamic functional connectivity strength (dFCS) was performed on resting-state functional magnetic resonance data from 96 SZ patients and 121 healthy controls (HCs) at slow-5 (0.01-0.027 Hz), slow-4 (0.027-0.073 Hz), slow-3 (0.073-0.198 Hz), and slow-2 (0.198-0.25 Hz) frequency bands and further assessed whether the altered dFCS was correlated to clinical symptoms in SZ patients. Results revealed that decreased dFCS of schizophrenia were found in salience, auditory, sensorimotor, visual networks, while increased dFCS in cerebellum, basal ganglia, and prefrontal networks were observed across different frequency bands. Specifically, the thalamus subregion of schizophrenic patients exhibited enhanced dynamic FCS in slow-5 and slow-4, while reduced in slow-3. Moreover, in slow-5 and slow-4, significant interaction effects between frequency and group were observed in the left calcarine cortex, the bilateral inferior orbitofrontal gyrus, and anterior cingulum cortex (ACC). Furthermore, the altered dFCS of insula, thalamus (THA), calcarine cortex, orbitofrontal gyrus, and paracentral lobule were partial correlated with clinical symptoms of SZ patients in slow-5 and slow-4 bands. These results demonstrate the abnormalities of dFCS in schizophrenia patients is rely on different frequency bands and may provide potential implications for exploring the neuropathological mechanism of schizophrenia.
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Cui Y, Dong F, Li X, Xie D, Cheng Y, Tian S, Xue T, Li Y, Zhang M, Ren Y, Yuan K, Yu D. Electrophysiological Evidence of Event-Related Potential Changes Induced by 12 h Abstinence in Young Smokers Based on the Flanker Study. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:424. [PMID: 32528322 PMCID: PMC7258559 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The cognitive control processes may be disrupted by abstinence in smokers, which may be helpful in the development and maintenance of addictive behavior. The purpose of this study was to measure the performance of cognitive task after 12 h of smoking abstinence by using event-related potentials (ERPs), including the error-related negativity (ERN) and the error positivity (Pe). In Eriksen flanker task, electroencephalography (EEG) signals of 24 smokers were recorded in two conditions: satiety and 12 h abstinence. In the behavioral data, both conditions exhibited more errors and more time on the incongruent trials than congruence. Meantime, the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS) score was increased during abstinence. Smokers showed reduced ERN and Pe after 12 h of abstinence, compared with satiety condition. The results indicate that the diminished error processing in young smokers after 12 h of abstinence. It may be related to increased withdrawal symptoms. In conclusion, the disrupted neurophysiological indexes in the general behavior monitoring system may be caused by abstinence. The results of this study may provide us with new ideas about the effects of short-term abstinence on brain cognitive neuroscience and be helpful for the solution of relapse.
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- Yongting Cui
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China.,Life Sciences Research Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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Çolak Ç, Çelik ZÇ, Zorlu N, Kitiı Ö, Yüncü Z. Cortical Thickness and Subcortical Volumes in Adolescent Synthetic Cannabinoid Users with or Without ADHD: a Preliminary Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 56:167-172. [PMID: 31523140 DOI: 10.29399/npa.23495] [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: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Introduction Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) have become increasingly popular in the last few years, especially among adolescents. Given Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is over represented in patients with substance use across adolescents compared to the general population, the current study aims were two-fold: i) examine cortical thickness, surface area and subcortical volumes in SC users compared to controls, ii) examine the influence of ADHD on cortical thickness, surface area and subcortical volumes in SC users. Methods Structural magnetic resonance imaging scans were acquired from 28 SC users (15 without ADHD and 13 with ADHD combined type) and 13 controls. Results We found that SC users both with and without ADHD groups have significantly reduced cortical thickness compared to controls in areas of the left caudal middle frontal and left superior frontal. In addition, SC users with ADHD also showed reduced cortical thickness in the right precentral and postcentral gyruses. We also found increased right nucleus accumbens volume in SC users without ADHD, but not with ADHD, compared to controls. Conclusion These results suggest that similar to cannabis use, SC use has also negative effects on brain morphology and comorbidity of ADHD and substance dependence may show different cortical thickness and subcortical volume alterations than substance use alone.
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- Çiğdem Çolak
- Department of Psychiatry, Çiğli Regional Education Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cizre State Hospital, Şırnak, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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Liu C, Dong F, Li Y, Ren Y, Xie D, Wang X, Xue T, Zhang M, Ren G, von Deneen KM, Yuan K, Yu D. 12 h Abstinence-Induced ERP Changes in Young Smokers: Electrophysiological Evidence From a Go/NoGo Study. Front Psychol 2019; 10:1814. [PMID: 31474901 PMCID: PMC6703154 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Decreased inhibition control ability and increased craving may be the most important causes of relapsing in smoking. Although inhibition control defects in young smokers were investigated, the effects of short-term abstinence on inhibition control in young smokers were still unclear. Thirty young smokers participated in the present study. The EEG signals during the Go/NoGo task were recorded in both satiety and 12 h abstinence conditions. The task performances were observed and compared between the two conditions. Event-related potential (ERP) analysis was used to investigate changes in N200 and P300 amplitude and latency induced by 12 h of abstinence. After 12 h of abstinence, the latency of N200 was prolonged in young smokers. No significant changes were found in the number of NoGo errors and the response time of Go in young smokers after 12 h of abstinence. Correlation analysis showed that the N200 latency of abstinence condition was significantly correlated with the number of NoGo errors and the response time of Go in the abstinence condition. The present findings may improve the understanding of the effect of short-term abstinence in young smokers. We suggested that the latency of N200 may be associated with inefficient inhibitory control of the abstinence condition in young smokers. Our results may contribute new insights into the neural mechanism of nicotine abstinence in young smokers.
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- Chang Liu
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Multi-Source Information Mining and Security, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Multi-Source Information Mining and Security, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China
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Tan Y, Chen J, Liao W, Qian Z. Brain Function Network and Young Adult Smokers: A Graph Theory Analysis Study. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:590. [PMID: 31543831 PMCID: PMC6728894 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Cigarette smoking is associated with abnormalities in the widespread inter-regional functional connectivity of the brain. However, few studies focused on the abnormalities in the topological organization of brain functional networks in young smokers. In the current study, resting-state functional magnetic resonance images were acquired from 30 young male smokers and 32 age-, gender-, and education-matched healthy male nonsmokers. A functional network was constructed by calculating the Pearson correlation coefficients among 246 subregions in the human Brainnetome Atlas. The topological parameters were compared between smokers and nonsmokers. The results showed that the functional network of both young smokers and nonsmokers had small-world topology. Compared to nonsmokers, young smokers exhibited a decreased clustering coefficient (Cp) and local network efficiency (Elocal). Cp and Elocal were negatively correlated with the duration of cigarette use. In addition, increased nodal efficiency (Enodal) was mainly located in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), cingulate gyrus, insula, and caudate. Decreased connectivities among the PFC, cingulate gyrus, insula, basal ganglia (of specific node), and thalamus were also observed. In sum, we revealed the abnormal topological organization of brain functional networks in young smokers, which may improve our understanding of the neural mechanism of young smokers from a brain functional network topological organization perspective.
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- Ying Tan
- Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center of Stomatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Emergency, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Bergen AW. Biomarkers for Tobacco Exposures, Toxicology, Regulation, and Cessation. Nicotine Tob Res 2018; 20:401-402. [PMID: 29342303 PMCID: PMC7207064 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nty004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andrew W Bergen
- BioRealm, LLC, Culver City, CA.,Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR
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