Citation

Kashfi K, Al-Khalil K, Hou J, Fang D, Anderson R, Rajmohan R, Syapin P, O'Boyle MW. Neurocase 2017; 23(3-4): 179-186.

Affiliation

Department of Human Development and Family Studies , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , TX , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13554794.2017.1347264

PMID

28691585

Abstract

The current study used diffusion tensor imaging to examine patterns/degree of brain connectivity in 12 college-aged binge drinking (BD) and 12 moderate drinking individuals. Voxel-level and region-of-interest analyses revealed increased connectivity of the BD brain in the right corona radiata, right external capsule, and both the right and left cingulum. Also, fractional anisotropy and axial diffusivity values of these regions correlated with a number of drinking behaviors of the BD as well as both groups combined. It is hypothesized that increased connectivity in the BD may produce difficulties with regulatory control, contributing to their propensity to binge.

Language: en

Keywords

Connectivity; DTI; binge drinking; regulatory control