Craving versus control: Negative urgency and neural correlates of alcohol cue reactivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol abuse is a common and costly practice. Individuals high in negative urgency, the tendency to act rashly when experiencing negative emotions, are at particular risk for abusing alcohol. Alcohol abuse among individuals high in negative urgency may be due to (a) increased activity in the brain's striatum, (b) decreased activity in brain regions associated with self-control, or (c) a combination of the two.

Methods

Thirty eight non-alcohol-dependent participants completed a measure of negative urgency and then underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while passively viewing pleasant and alcohol images.

Results

Alcohol images (as compared to pleasant images) were associated with activation in the caudate nucleus, a brain region associated w

SUBMITTER: Chester DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7408295 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature