Reduced frontal cortical thickness and increased caudate volume within fronto-striatal circuits in young adult smokers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 211-219

  Li, Yangding ^a,b   Yuan, Kai ^a,b   Cai, Chenxi ^a,b   Feng, Dan ^a,b   Yin, Junsen ^a,b   Bi, Yanzhi ^a,b   Shi, Sha ^a,b   Yu, Dahua ^c   Jin, Chenwang ^d   von Deneen, Karen M ^a,b   Qin, Wei ^a,b   Tian, Jie ^a,b,e  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Frontal cortex; Striatal volume; Young adult smokers

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FAGERSTROM TEST FOR NICOTINE DEPENDENCE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOSTRIATAL CIRCUIT; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; LATERAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PACK YEARS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SMOKING; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; SUBCORTICAL STRIATAL VOLUME; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929943382     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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