Relationship between trait impulsivity and cortical volume, thickness and surface area in male cocaine users and non-drug using controls

Kaag, Anne Marije; Crunelle, Cleo L.; Wingen, Guido van; Homberg, Judith R.; Brink, Wim van den; Reneman, Liesbeth

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.016

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“…The Impulsivity subscale of the Eysenck I 7 inventory did, however, correlate positively with bilateral gmPVE in lateral/posterior orbital cortex and insula. While not a typical finding, some studies have reported positive correlations between impulsiveness and either insula or medial frontal gray matter (e.g., Cho et al 2013; Kaag et al, 2014; Lee et al 2011). Differences in sample characteristics, age or approach to measuring impulsivity could account for the contradictory results found between the literature and our study (e.g., many studies use the Barratt Impulsivity Scale, Barratt, 1959).…”

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Externalizing personality traits, empathy, and gray matter volume in healthy young drinkers

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Džemidžić

West

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

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Externalizing psychopathology has been linked to prefrontal abnormalities. While clinically diagnosed subjects show altered frontal gray matter, it is unknown if similar deficits relate to externalizing traits in non-clinical populations. We used voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to retrospectively analyze the cerebral gray matter volume of 176 young adult social to heavy drinkers (mean age= 24.0 ± 2.9, male= 83.5%) from studies of alcoholism risk. We hypothesized that prefrontal gray matter volume and externalizing traits would be correlated. Externalizing personality trait components— Boredom Susceptibility-Impulsivity (BS/IMP) and Empathy/Low Antisocial Behaviors (EMP/LASB)— were tested for correlations with gray matter partial volume estimates (gmPVE). Significantly large clusters (pFWE < 0.05, family-wise whole-brain corrected) of gmPVE correlated with EMP/LASB in dorsolateral and medial prefrontal regions, and in occipital cortex. BS/IMP did not correlate with gmPVE, but one scale of impulsivity (Eysenck I7) correlated positively with bilateral inferior frontal/orbitofrontal, and anterior insula gmPVE. In this large sample of community-dwelling young adults, antisocial behavior/low empathy corresponded with reduced prefrontal and occipital gray matter, while impulsivity correlated with increased inferior frontal and anterior insula cortical volume. These findings add to a literature indicating that externalizing personality features involve altered frontal architecture.

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Externalizing personality traits, empathy, and gray matter volume in healthy young drinkers

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Džemidžić

West

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

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“…It raises the question of whether this specific association reflects early life vulnerability to externalizing disorders due to differences in the developing brain (e.g., due to genetics or maltreatment) versus harm done to the brain from an externalizing lifestyle (e.g., due to drug use, sexually transmitted diseases, violent injuries including concussions) (24,25). Regardless, the effect sizes associated with either global or parcel-wise surface area, irrespective of statistical significance, were an order of magnitude smaller than those observed for associations with global and parcel-wise cortical thickness.…”

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Pervasively thinner neocortex as a transdiagnostic feature of general psychopathology

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Elliott

Knodt

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AbstractObjectiveNeuroimaging research has revealed that structural brain alterations are common across broad diagnostic families of disorders rather than specific to a single psychiatric disorder. Such overlap in the structural brain correlates of mental disorders mirrors already well-documented phenotypic comorbidity of psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses, which can be indexed by a general psychopathology or p factor. We hypothesized that if general psychopathology drives the convergence of structural alterations common across disorders then 1) there should be few associations unique to any one diagnostic family of disorders, and 2) associations with the p factor should overlap with those for the broader diagnostic families.MethodsAnalyses were conducted on structural MRI and psychopathology data collected from 861 members of the population representative Dunedin Study at age 45.ResultsStudy members with high scores across three broad diagnostic families of disorders (Externalizing, Internalizing, Thought Disorder) exhibited highly overlapping patterns of reduced global and widely distributed parcel-wise neocortical thickness. Study members with high p factor scores exhibited patterns of reduced global and parcel-wise neocortical thickness nearly identical to those associated with the three broad diagnostic families.ConclusionsA pattern of pervasively reduced neocortical thickness appears common across all forms of mental disorders and may represent a transdiagnostic feature of general psychopathology. As has been documented with regard to symptoms and diagnoses, the underlying brain structural correlates of mental disorders may not exhibit specificity, the continued pursuit of which may limit progress toward more effective strategies for etiological understanding, prevention, and intervention.

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“…In a recent study we demonstrated a similar attenuating effect of marijuana use on cortical gray matter abnormalities in cocaine users (Kaag et al . ). However, larger studies on polysubstance use in cocaine users are currently lacking.…”

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White matter alterations in cocaine users are negatively related to the number of additionally (ab)used substances

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Diffusion tensor imaging studies have provided evidence for white matter (WM) alterations in cocaine users. While polysubstance use is a widespread phenomenon among cocaine users, its role in WM alterations in cocaine users is currently unknown. This study examined the relation between the number of substances that are used(cocaine, alcohol and marijuana) and WM alterations in 67 male non-drug users and 67 male regular cocaine users, who were classified into five groups based on the number of used substances. Diffusion-weighted images were acquired on a 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging scanner. Using tract-based spatial statistics we demonstrated that there was a negative relation between the number of used substances and fractional anisotropy, a global measure of WM integrity. Also, we demonstrated a positive relation between the number of used substance and radial diffusivity within the prefrontal lobe, suggesting an increase in demyelination with the number of used substances. We did not find a dose-effect between the level of substance use and WM alterations. The results of the current study may reflect the presence of a pre-existing vulnerability to polysubstance use resulting from prefrontal WM abnormalities and related impaired cognitive control although WM alterations because of polysubstance use cannot be fully excluded. This study is an important first step in understanding the problems related to polysubstance use among cocaine users.

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Relationship between trait impulsivity and cortical volume, thickness and surface area in male cocaine users and non-drug using controls

Abstract: The distinct relation between trait impulsivity and cortical morphometry in CU and HC might underlie inefficient control over behavior resulting in maladaptive impulsive behaviour such as cocaine abuse.

Cited by 34 publications

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Externalizing personality traits, empathy, and gray matter volume in healthy young drinkers

Externalizing personality traits, empathy, and gray matter volume in healthy young drinkers

Pervasively thinner neocortex as a transdiagnostic feature of general psychopathology

White matter alterations in cocaine users are negatively related to the number of additionally (ab)used substances

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