Decreased functional connectivity between ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in Internet gaming disorder: Evidence from resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Jin Tao ^a   Ma, Shan Shan ^a   Yip, Sarah W ^b   Wang, Ling Jiao ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Yan, Chao Gan ^c,d,e   Liu, Lu ^a   Liu, Ben ^a   Deng, Lin Yuan ^a   Liu, Qin Xue ^f   Fang, Xiao Yi ^a,g  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^g TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Craving; Internet gaming disorder; Nucleus accumbens; Resting state functional connectivity; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHINESE INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING DISORDER; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SELF REPORT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADDICTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRAVING; INTERNET; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REST; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRAVING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REST; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947596072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12993-015-0082-8     Document Type: Article

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