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Dissecting impulsivity and its relationships to drug addictions

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Jentsch, J. David, Ashenhurst, James R., Cervantes, M. Catalina, Groman, Stephanie M., James, Alexander S., Pennington, Zachary T.·2014·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Addictions are often characterized as forms of impulsive behavior. That said, it is often noted that impulsivity is a multidimensional construct, spanning several psychological domains. This review describes the relationship between varieties of impulsivity and addiction‐related behaviors, the nature of the causal relationship between the two, and the underlying neurobiological mechanisms that promote impulsive behaviors. We conclude that the available data strongly support the notion that impulsivity is both a risk factor for, and a consequence of, drug and alcohol consumption. While the evidence indicating that subtypes of impulsive behavior are uniquely informative—either biologically or with respect to their relationships to addictions—is convincing, multiple lines of study link distinct subtypes of impulsivity to low dopamine D2 receptor function and perturbed serotonergic transmission, revealing shared mechanisms between the subtypes. Therefore, a common biological framework involving monoaminergic transmitters in key frontostriatal circuits may link multiple forms of impulsivity to drug self‐administration and addiction‐related behaviors. Further dissection of these relationships is needed before the next phase of genetic and genomic discovery will be able to reveal the biological sources of the vulnerability for addiction indexed by impulsivity.

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Authors
Jentsch, J. D., Ashenhurst, J. R., Cervantes, M. C., Groman, S. M., James, A. S., & Pennington, Z. T.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Jentsch, J. David
Venue
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-03-21
Volume
1327
Issue
1
Pages
1-26
ISSN
  • 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-6632
OpenAlex
W2144085253
Cited by
281
References
281
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 9
FWCI
3.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Public Health Service (DAR01031852)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA038377, R01DA031852, T32DA024635)
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
impulsivity, drug addiction, alcohol consumption, dopamine D2 receptor, serotonergic neurotransmission, monoaminergic neurotransmission, frontostriatal circuits, addiction risk factors, neurobiology of addiction
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Disease Susceptibility, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Risk Factors, Down-Regulation, Behavior, Addictive, Receptors, Dopamine D2, Substance-Related Disorders, Translational Research, Biomedical, Serotonergic Neurons

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