Associative memory in alcohol-related contexts: An fMRI study with young binge drinkers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol-related cues are known to influence craving levels, a hallmark of alcohol misuse. Binge drinking (BD), a pattern of heavy alcohol use, has been associated with cognitive and neurofunctional alterations, including alcohol attentional bias, memory impairments, as well as disrupted activity in prefrontal- and reward-related regions. However, literature is yet to explore how memories associated with alcohol-related cues are processed by BDs, and how the recall of this information may influence their reward processing.

Aims

The present functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study aimed to investigate the neurofunctional signatures of BD during an associative memory task.

Method

In all, 36 university students, 20 BDs and 16 alcohol abstainers, were

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues RPS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11528936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature