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Reduced frontostriatal functional connectivity and associations with severity of Internet gaming disorder
Author(s) -
Dong Haohao,
Wang Min,
Zhang Jialin,
Hu Yuzheng,
Potenza Marc N.,
Dong GuangHeng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addiction biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1369-1600
pISSN - 1355-6215
DOI - 10.1111/adb.12985
Subject(s) - superior frontal gyrus , middle frontal gyrus , psychology , neuroscience , ventral striatum , putamen , resting state fmri , craving , addiction , medial frontal gyrus , striatum , functional magnetic resonance imaging , immunoglobulin d , audiology , medicine , dopamine , b cell , antibody , immunology
Abstract Cognitive, functional, and structural brain factors involving frontal executive and striatal reward networks have been implicated in Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, frontostriatal network connectivity and its association with addiction severity are poorly understood in IGD. Resting‐state fMRI data from 337 subjects (130 with IGD, 207 with recreational game use [RGU]) were collected. Striatal‐cortical communications were measured with resting‐state functional connectivity (FC) using coherent spontaneous fluctuations in the blood‐oxygenation‐level–dependent fMRI signal. Correlations were calculated between FC measures and IGD‐related assessments (addiction severity and craving scores). Decreased FC was predominantly observed in IGD subjects, with IGD subjects showing decreased FC between the putamen and superior frontal gyrus (SFG), middle frontal gyrus (MFG), and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and the ventral striatum and IFG, superior temporal gyrus, and MFG. Disorder severity and craving scores were negatively correlated with FC between striatal and frontal brain regions. Associations between diminished FC in corticostriatal circuitry and clinical features (IGD craving, severity) suggest potential therapeutic targets for neuromodulation treatments. The extent to which frontostriatal circuits involving executive control over reward processes may be altered to treat IGD warrants additional study.