Amygdala volume associated with alcohol abuse relapse and craving

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1179-1184

  Wrase, Jana ^b   Makris, Nicos ^b   Braus, Dieter F ^b   Mann, Karl ^b   Smolka, Michael N ^b   Kennedy, David N ^b   Caviness, Verne S ^b   Hodge, Steven M ^b   Tang, Lena ^b   Albaugh, Matthew ^b   Ziegler, David A ^b   Davis, Orin C ^b   Kissling, Christian ^b   Schumann, Gunter ^b   Breiter, Hans C ^b   Heinz, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51349104235     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07121877     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Murray CJL, Lopez AD: Evidence-based health policy - lessons from the global burden of disease study. Science 1996; 274:740-743
2. Dayas CV, Liu X, Simms JA, Weiss F: Distinct patterns of neural activation associated with ethanol seeking: effects of naltrexone. Biol Psychiatry 2007; 61:979-989
3. Bechara A, Damasio H, Damasio A, Lee G: Different contributions of the human amygdala and ventromedial prefontal cortex to decision-making. J Neurosci 1999; 19:5473-5481
4. Winstanley CA, Theobald DEH, Cardinal RN, Robbins TW: Contrasting roles of basolateral amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex in impulsive choice. J Neurosci 2004; 24:4718-4722
5. Makris N, Gasic GP, Seidman L, Goldstein J, Gastfriend D, Albaugh DM, Hodge SM, Ziegler D, Kennedy D, Caviness VS, Tsuang M, Hyman S, Rosen BR, Breiter HC: Decreased absolute amygdala volume in cocaine addicts. Neuron 2004; 44:729-740
6. Hill SY: Trajectories of alcohol use and electrophysiological and morphological indices of brain development: distinguishing causes from consequences. Ann NY Acad Sci 2004; 1021:245-259
7. Fein G, Landman B, Tran H, McGillivray S, Finn P, Barakos J, Moon K: Brain atrophy in long-term abstinent alcoholics who demonstrate impairment on a simulated gambling task. Neuroimage 2006; 32:1465-1471
8. Benegal V, Antony G, Venkatasubramanian G, Jayakumar PN: Gray matter volume abnormalities and externalizing symptoms in subjects at high risk for alcohol dependence. Addict Biol 2007; 12:122-132
9. Beresford TP, Arciniegas DB, Alfers J, Clapp L, Martin B, Du Y, Liu D, Shen D, Davatzikos C: Hippocampus volume loss due to chronic heavy drinking. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006; 30:1866-1870
10. Nagel BJ, Schweinsburg AD, Phan V, Tapert SF: Reduced hippocampal volume among adolescents with alcohol use disorders without psychiatric comorbidity. Psychiatry Res - Neuroimaging 2005; 139:181-190
11. De Bellis MD, Clark DB, Beers SR, Soloff PH, Boring AM, Hall J, Kersh A, Keshavan MS: Hippocampal volume in adolescent-onset alcohol use disorders. Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:737-744
12. Agartz I, Momenen R, Rawlings RR, Kerich MJ, Hommer DW: Hippocampal volume in patients with alcohol dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1999; 56:356-363
13. Sullivan EV, Marsh L, Mathalon DH, Lim KO, Pfefferbaum A: Anterior hippocampal volume deficits in nonamnesic, aging chronic alcoholics. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1995; 19:110-122
14. Sullivan EV, Deshmukh A, De Rosa E, Rosenbloom MJ, Pfefferbaum A: Striatal and forebrain nuclei volumes: contribution to motor function and working memory deficits in alcoholism. Biol Psychiatry 2005; 57:768-776
15. Davis M: Neural systems involved in fear-potentiated startle. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1989; 563:165-183
16. Schwienbacher I, Schnitzler HU, Westbrook RF, Richardson R, Fendt M: Carbachol injections into the nucleus accumbens disrupt acquisition and expression of fear-potentiated startle and freezing in rats. Neuroscience 2006; 140:769-778
17. Norris EH, Strickland S: Modulation of NR2B-regulated contextual fear in the hippocampus by the tissue plasminogen activator system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:13473-13478
18. Puga F, Barrett D, Bastida C, Gonzalez-Lima F: Functional networks underlying latent inhibition learning in the mouse brain. Neuroimage 2007; 38:171-183
19. Breiter HC, Aharon I, Kahneman D, Dale A, Shizgal P: Functional imaging of neural responses to expectancy and experience of monetary gains and losses. Neuron 2001; 30:619-639
20. First MB, Spitzer RL, Gibbon M, Williams J: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders, Research Version, Patient Edition With Psychotic Screen (SCID-I/P W/ PSY screen). New York, Biometrics Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 2001
21. First MB, Spitzer RL, Gibbon M, Williams JBW: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1997
22. Skinner HA, Horn JL: Alcohol Dependence Scale: Users Guide. Toronto, Addiction Research Foundation, 1984
23. Skinner HA, Sheu WJ: Reliability of alcohol use indices: the Lifetime Drinking History and the MAST. J Stud Alcohol 1982; 43:1157-1170
24. Hamilton M: A rating scale for depression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960; 23:56-62
25. Hautzinger M, Bailer M: Allgemeine Depressions Skala (ADS). Weinheim, Germany, Beltz Verlag, 1993
26. Spielberger CD: Manual of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Palo Alto, Calif, Consulting Psychologists Press, 1983
27. Heatherton TF, Kozlowski LT, Frecker RC, Fagerström KO: The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence - a revision of the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire. Br J Addict 1991; 86:1119-1127
28. Miller WR, Del Boca FK: Measurement of drinking behavior using the Form 90 family of instruments. J Stud Alcohol Suppl 1994; 12:112-118
29. Heinz A, Dufeu P, Kuhn S, Dettling M, Graf K, Kurten I, Rommelspacher H, Schmidt LG: Psychopathological and behavioral correlates of dopaminergic sensitivity in alcohol-dependent patients. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1996; 53:1123-1128
30. Makris N, Worth AJ, Sorensen AG, Papadimitriou GM, Wu O, Reese TG, Wedeen VJ, Davis TL, Stakes JW, Caviness VS, Kaplan E, Rosen BR, Pandya DN, Kennedy DN: Morphometry of in vivo human white matter association pathways with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Neurol 1997; 42:951-962
31. Seidman LJ, Faraone SV, Goldstein JM, Kremen WS, Horton NJ, Makris N, Toomey R, Kennedy D, Caviness VS, Tsuang MT: Left hippocampal volume as a vulnerability indicator for schizophrenia - a magnetic resonance imaging morphometric study of nonpsychotic first-degree relatives. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2002; 59:839-849
32. Mai JK, Assheuer J, Paxinos G: Atlas of the Human Brain. San Diego, Academic Press, 1997
33. Price JL, Russchen RT, Amaral DG: The limbic region, II: the amygdaloid complex, in Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy, vol 5. Edited by Hökfeltand T, Björklund A, Swanson LW. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1987, pp 279-388
34. Tye KM, Janak PH: Amygdala neurons differentially encode motivation and reinforcement. J Neurosci 2007; 27:3937-3945
35. Paton JJ, Belova MA, Morrison SE, Salzman CD: The primate amygdala represents the positive and negative value of visual stimuli during learning. Nature 2006; 439:865-870
36. Breiter HC, Etcoff NL, Whalen PJ, Kennedy WA, Rauch SL, Buckner RL, Strauss MM, Hyman SE, Rosen BR: Response and habituation of the human amygdala during visual processing of facial expression. Neuron 1996; 17:875-887
37. Gottfried JA, O'Doherty J, Dolan RJ: Encoding predictive reward value in human amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex. Science 2003; 301:1104-1107
38. Schneider F, Habel U, Wagner M, Franke P, Salloum JB, Shah NJ, Toni I, Sulzbach C, Hönig K, Maier W, Gaebel W, Zilles K: Subcortical correlates of craving in recently abstinent alcoholic patients. Am J Psychiatry 2001; 158:1075-1083
39. Koob GF: The neurobiology of addiction: a neuroadaptational view relevant for diagnosis. Addiction 2006; 101(suppl 1):23-30
40. Gilman JM, Bjork JM, Hommer DW: Parental alcohol use and brain volumes in early- and late-onset alcoholics. Biol Psychiatry 2007; 62:607-615