Alcohol use in young adults associated with cortical gyrification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adulthood has the highest rates of alcohol use and high-risk drinking behavior. This period is also a critical neurodevelopmental stage, with neural insults having a profound neurotoxic effect on the brain. Cortical gyrification is thought, in part, to reflect early brain maturation (e.g., hypogyrification in fetal alcohol syndrome). There is also evidence that cortical gyrification is sensitive to later-life events (e.g., fluctuations in malnutrition in young adults). However, no study has examined how alcohol use in young adulthood is associated with cortical gyrification.

Methods

We examined the associations between cortical gyrification with lifetime alcohol use and past year hangover symptoms in young adults (N = 78).

Results

Lifetime alcohol use

SUBMITTER: Hua JPY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7127958 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature