کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1070758 1486182 2010 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Reduced anterior prefrontal cortex activation in young binge drinkers during a visual working memory task
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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Reduced anterior prefrontal cortex activation in young binge drinkers during a visual working memory task
چکیده انگلیسی

Working memory (WM) is a major cognitive function that is altered by chronic alcohol consumption. This impairment has been linked to alterations in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC). Animal and human studies have shown that the adolescent brain is more sensitive to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol than the adult brain, particularly those structures that mature late on in development, such as the hippocampus and prefrontal brain. The aim of the present study was to assess visual working memory and its neural correlates in young university students who partake in intermittent consumption of large amounts of alcohol (binge drinkers). A sample of 42 binge drinkers and 53 corresponding control subjects performed an identical pairs continuous performance task (IP-CPT) in a combined event-related potential (ERP) and exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA) study. The results revealed that, despite adequate performance, binge drinkers showed a smaller late positive component (LPC) associated with hypoactivation of the right anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC) for matching stimuli, in comparison with control subjects. These findings may reveal binge drinking-related functional alteration in recognition working memory processes and suggest that impaired prefrontal cortex function may occur at an early age in binge drinkers.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Volume 109, Issues 1–3, 1 June 2010, Pages 45–56
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