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Decreased brain connectivity in smoking contrasts with increased connectivity in drinking.

eLife | 2019

In a group of 831 participants from the general population in the Human Connectome Project, smokers exhibited low overall functional connectivity, and more specifically of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex which is associated with non-reward mechanisms, the adjacent inferior frontal gyrus, and the precuneus. Participants who drank a high amount had overall increases in resting state functional connectivity, and specific increases in reward-related systems including the medial orbitofrontal cortex and the cingulate cortex. Increased impulsivity was found in smokers, associated with decreased functional connectivity of the non-reward-related lateral orbitofrontal cortex; and increased impulsivity was found in high amount drinkers, associated with increased functional connectivity of the reward-related medial orbitofrontal cortex. The main findings were cross-validated in an independent longitudinal dataset with 1176 participants, IMAGEN. Further, the functional connectivities in 14-year-old non-smokers (and also in female low-drinkers) were related to who would smoke or drink at age 19. An implication is that these differences in brain functional connectivities play a role in smoking and drinking, together with other factors.

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Associated grants

  • Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China, International
    Id: 81701773
  • Agency: Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, International
    Id: 18ZR1404400
  • Agency: The Key Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Plan, International
    Id: 15JC1400101
  • Agency: Shanghai Sailing Program, International
    Id: 17YF1426200
  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 MH085772
  • Agency: Base for Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities, International
    Id: B18015
  • Agency: NIBIB NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 EB020403
  • Agency: The Key Project of Shanghai Science & Technology Innovation Plan, International
    Id: 15JC1400101
  • Agency: The Key Project of Shanghai Science & Technology Innovation Plan, International
    Id: 16JC1420402
  • Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China, International
    Id: 71661167002
  • Agency: The Key Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Plan, International
    Id: 16JC1420402
  • Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China, International
    Id: 91630314
  • Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China, International
    Id: 11771010
  • Agency: The Shanghai AI Platform for Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Diseases, International
    Id: 2016-17

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