期刊
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL
卷 2, 期 -, 页码 804-809出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.06.002
关键词
Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Voxel-wise analysis; Alcohol use disorders; Adolescents
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资金
- National Institutes of Health [RO1 AA016303]
Objective: The objective of this study is to examine white matter microstructure using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in a sample of adolescents with alcohol use disorders (AUD) and no psychiatric or substance co-morbidity. Methods: Fifty adolescents with AUD and fifty non-alcohol abusing controls matched on gender and age were studied with DTI, neurocognitive testing, and a clinical assessment that included measures of alcohol use and childhood trauma. Maps of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) were computed, registered to a common template, and voxel-wise statistical analysis used to assess group differences. Associations between regions of altered WM microstructure and clinical or neurocognitive measures were also assessed. Results: Compared with controls, adolescent drinkers without co-morbid substance abuse or externalizing disorder, showed 1) no regions of significantly lower FA, 2) increased FA in WM tracts of the limbic system; 3) no MD differences; and 4) within the region of higher FA in AUD, there were no associations between FA and alcohol use cognition, or trauma. Discussion: The most important observation of this study is our failure to observe significantly smaller FA in this relatively large alcohol abuse/dependent adolescent sample. Greater FA in the limbic regions observed in this study may index a risk for adolescent AUD instead of a consequence of drinking. Drinking behavior may be reinforced in those with higher FA and perhaps greater myelination in these brain regions involved in reward and reinforcement. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.
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