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Magnetic resonance imaging structural alterations in brain of alcohol abusers and its association with impulsivity: Alcohol, impulsivity and brain MRI

Asensio, Samuel, Morales, Julia L., Senabre, Isabel, Romero, Maria J., Beltran, Miguel A., Flores-Bellver, Miguel, Barcia, Jorge M., Romero, Francisco J.·2016·Addiction Biology

Abstract

Despite the suggestion that impulsivity plays a central role in the transfer from a recreational drug use to a substance use disorder, very few studies focused on neurobiological markers for addiction. This study aimed to identify volumetric alterations in a sample of patients with mild alcohol use disorder with a short history of alcohol use, compared with a control group, and also focused on its association with impulsivity levels. Most magnetic resonance imaging studies have focused on severe alcohol use disorder, formerly called alcohol-dependent patients, showing alcohol-related structural alterations and their association with alcohol use history variables but not with personality parameters like impulsivity. Our hypothesis is that our group of alcohol users may already display structural alterations especially in brain regions related to inhibitory control like medial-prefrontal regions, and that those structural alterations could be more associated to personality traits like impulsivity than to drug use variables. Our results clearly demonstrate that our population showed lower regional grey and white matter volumes in the medial-prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices, as well as higher regional white matter volume in the ventral striatum and the internal capsule. Volumetric alterations were associated to the Barratt's impulsivity score: the more impulsive the subjects, the lower the medial-prefrontal cortex grey matter volume.

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Authors
Asensio, S., Morales, J. L., Senabre, I., Romero, M. J., Beltran, M. A., Flores-Bellver, M., Barcia, J. M., & Romero, F. J.
Affiliations
  • Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU (ES)
  • Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr (ES)
  • Servicios Centrales; Hospital General de Castellón; Spain
  • Facultad de Medicina y Odontología; Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’; Spain
Corresponding author
Romero, Francisco J.
Venue
Addiction Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-05-18
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
962-971
ISSN
1355-6215 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1543035500
Cited by
33
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
3.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Addiction Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CEU Repositorio Institucional (Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Madrid, Spain (SAF2007/66801)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
alcoholism, impulsivity, brain structural changes, gray matter volume, white matter volume, medial prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, ventral striatum, internal capsule, inhibitory control, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Alcoholism, Brain, Brain Mapping, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Impulsive Behavior, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Organ Size, Young Adult

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