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Individuals Family History Positive for Alcoholism Show Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Differences in Reward Sensitivity That Are Related to Impulsivity Factors

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Andrews, Melissa M., Meda, Shashwath A., Thomas, Andre D., Potenza, Marc N., Krystal, John H., Worhunsky, Patrick, Stevens, Michael C., O'Malley, Stephanie +3 more·2011·Biological Psychiatry

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Background Substance-abusing individuals tend to display abnormal reward processing and a vulnerability to being impulsive. Detoxified alcoholics show differences in regional brain activation during a monetary incentive delay task. However, there is limited information on whether this uncharacteristic behavior represents a biological predisposition toward alcohol abuse, a consequence of chronic alcohol use, or both.Methods We investigated proposed neural correlates of substance disorder risk by examining reward system activity during a monetary incentive delay task with separate reward prospect, reward anticipation, and reward outcome phases in 30 individuals with and 19 without family histories of alcoholism. All subjects were healthy, lacked DSM-IV past or current alcohol or substance abuse histories, and were free of illegal substances as verified by a urine toxicology screening at the time of scanning. Additionally, we explored specific correlations between task-related nucleus accumbens (NAcc) activation and distinct factor analysis-derived domains of behavioral impulsivity.Results During reward anticipation, functional magnetic resonance imaging data confirmed blunted NAcc activation in family history positive subjects. In addition, we found atypical activation in additional reward-associated brain regions during additional task phases. We further found a significant negative correlation between NAcc activation during reward anticipation and an impulsivity construct.Conclusions Overall, results demonstrate that sensitivity of the reward circuit, including NAcc, is functionally different in alcoholism family history positive individuals in multiple regards.

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Andrews, M. M., Meda, S. A., Thomas, A. D., Potenza, M. N., Krystal, J. H., Worhunsky, P., Stevens, M. C., O'Malley, S., Book, G. A., Reynolds, B., & Pearlson, G. D.
Affiliations
  • Hartford Hospital (US)
  • Yale University (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Pearlson, Godfrey D.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-04
Volume
69
Issue
7
Pages
675-683
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2015094921
Cited by
181
References
102
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FWCI
5.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 AA017539, R01 DA020709, R01 DA020908, R01AA016599)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (5 P50 AA012870, K05 AA-14906-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
reward processing, impulsivity, nucleus accumbens, reward anticipation, monetary incentive delay task, reward systems, substance use disorder risk, brain activation
MeSH terms
Adult, Alcoholism, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Impulsive Behavior, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Nucleus Accumbens, Oxygen, Reaction Time, Reward, Chi-Square Distribution, Young Adult

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