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Neuroeconomics and adolescent substance abuse: individual differences in neural networks and delay discounting

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Stanger, Catherine, Elton, Amanda, Ryan, Stacy R., James, G. Andrew, Budney, Alan J., Kilts, Clinton D.·2013·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objective Many adolescents with substance use problems show poor response to evidence-based treatments. Treatment outcome has been associated with individual differences in impulsive decision making as reflected by delay discounting (DD) rates (preference for immediate rewards). Adolescents with higher rates of DD were expected to show greater neural activation in brain regions mediating impulsive/habitual behavioral choices and less activation in regions mediating reflective/executive behavioral choices.Method Thirty adolescents being treated for substance abuse completed a DD task optimized to balance choices of immediate versus delayed rewards, and a control condition accounted for activation during magnitude valuation. A group independent component analysis on functional magnetic resonance imaging time courses identified neural networks engaged during DD. Network activity was correlated with individual differences in discounting rate.Results Higher discounting rates were associated with diminished engagement of an executive attention control network involving the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, inferior parietal cortex, cingulate cortex, and precuneus. Higher discounting rates also were associated with less deactivation in a "bottom-up" reward valuation network involving the amygdala, hippocampus, insula, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex. These 2 networks were significantly negatively correlated.Conclusions Results support relations between competing executive and reward valuation neural networks and temporal decision making, an important, potentially modifiable risk factor relevant for the prevention and treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Clinical trial registration information-The Neuroeconomics of Behavioral Therapies for Adolescent Substance Abuse, http://clinicaltrials.gov/, NCT01093898.

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  • Promotion of executive maturity may be an effective intervention for adolescents at risk for SUD.

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Authors
Stanger, C., Elton, A., Ryan, S. R., James, G. A., Budney, A. J., & Kilts, C. D.
Affiliations
  • Dartmouth College (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
Corresponding author
Stanger, Catherine
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-07
Volume
52
Issue
7
Pages
747-755.e6
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2118035077
Cited by
75
References
42
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Dartmouth College
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UL1TR000039, KL2TR000063)
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000039, KL2TR000063)
  • Allergan
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA016917, R01AA016917)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA015186, DA022981, DA029442, DA015186, R21DA029442, T32DA022981)
  • National Center for Research Resources
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
adolescent substance abuse, delay discounting, impulsive decision-making, individual differences, frontoparietal network, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, insula, precuneus, cingulate cortex, inferior parietal cortex, treatment outcomes, temporal decision-making, neuroeconomics
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Brain, Child, Female, Humans, Individuality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Reward, Time Factors, Substance-Related Disorders, Executive Function, Functional Neuroimaging

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