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Lower Ventral Striatal Activation During Reward Anticipation in Adolescent Smokers

Peters, Jan, Bromberg, Uli, Schneider, Sophia, Brassen, Stefanie, Menz, Mareike, Banaschewski, Tobias, Conrod, Patricia J., Flor, Herta +17 more·2011·American Journal of Psychiatry

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to addiction, and in the case of smoking, this often leads to long-lasting nicotine dependence. The authors investigated a possible neural mechanism underlying this vulnerability. METHOD: Functional MRI was performed during reward anticipation in 43 adolescent smokers and 43 subjects matched on age, gender, and IQ. The authors also assessed group differences in novelty seeking, impulsivity, and reward delay discounting. RESULTS: In relation to the comparison subjects, the adolescent smokers showed greater reward delay discounting and higher scores for novelty seeking. Neural responses in the ventral striatum during reward anticipation were significantly lower in the smokers than in the comparison subjects, and in the smokers this response was correlated with smoking frequency. Notably, the lower response to reward anticipation in the ventral striatum was also observed in smokers (N=14) who had smoked on fewer than 10 occasions. CONCLUSIONS: The present findings suggest that a lower response to reward anticipation in the ventral striatum may be a vulnerability factor for the development of early nicotine use.

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Peters, J., Bromberg, U., Schneider, S., Brassen, S., Menz, M., Banaschewski, T., Conrod, P. J., Flor, H., Gallinat, J., Garavan, H., Heinz, A., Itterman, B., Lathrop, M., Martinot, J.-L., Paus, T., Poline, J.-B., Robbins, T. W., Rietschel, M., Smolka, M., Ströhle, A., Struve, M., Loth, E., Schumann, G., Büchel, C., & IMAGEN Consortium
Affiliations
  • Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
  • From the Department of Systems Neuroscience, Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, and the Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany; the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité—Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin; the Department of Psychiatry...
  • King's College London (GB)
Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2011-05
Volume
168
Issue
5
Pages
540-549
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
OpenAlex
W2071245860
Cited by
218
References
33
Citations by year
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FWCI
20.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
adolescent smoking, nicotine dependence, reward anticipation, ventral striatum, novelty seeking, impulsivity, delay discounting, addiction vulnerability, smoking frequency
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Basal Ganglia, Marijuana Abuse, Exploratory Behavior, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Personality Assessment, Reward, Smoking, Case-Control Studies, Anticipation, Psychological

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