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ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017

Reduced interhemispheric executive control network coupling in men during early cocaine abstinence: A pilot study.

Julie M McCarthy, Chun S Zuo, Justin M Shepherd, Nadeeka Dias, Scott E Lukas, Amy C Janes

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Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Julie M McCarthyMcLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Electronic address: jmccarthy@mclean.harvard.edu.
Chun S ZuoMcLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Electronic address: chun@mclean.harvard.edu.
Justin M ShepherdMcLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Electronic address: jmshepherd@mclean.harvard.edu.
Nadeeka DiasMcLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Electronic address: nadeekadias@gmail.com.
Scott E LukasMcLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Electronic address: slukas@mclean.harvard.edu.
Amy C JanesMcLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Electronic address: ajanes@mclean.harvard.edu.
McLean Hospital · USImaging Center · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Training In Drug Abuse and Brain ImagingT32DA015036 · NIDA · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI SCOTT E LUKAS · 2002 to 2026
$5.3M
Training in Cognitive Function and Neuroimaging of Smoking-Related CuesK01DA029645 · NIDA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI JANES, AMY C · 2011 to 2015
$853k
GABA Function During Cocaine AbstinenceR21DA036047 · NIDA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI LUKAS, SCOTT E · 2014 to 2015
$404k
NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA029645NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA036047NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA015036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividuals who use cocaine have fewer cognitive resources needed to maintain abstinence. This is evidenced by blunted brain function during cognitive control tasks and reduced communication between brain regions associated with cognitive function. For instance, relapse vulnerability is heightened in individuals with less communication between the right and left frontoparietal executive control network (ECN). Given that recent cocaine use enhances such communication, it is plausible that recency of cocaine use influences interhemispheric ECN communication. However, it is unclear whether ECN communication weakens over the course of early cocaine abstinence, which may then enhance relapse risk.

methodsIn ten men with cocaine use disorder, we conducted a preliminary assessment of the relationship between the number of days since last cocaine use (1-3days) and interhemispheric ECN coupling using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

resultsReduced interhemispheric ECN coupling was associated with increasing days since last cocaine use; weaker coupling was also associated with lower urine cocaine metabolite concentrations. This association was more prominent in prefrontal than parietal ECN-subregions.

conclusionsPreliminary results indicate that resting state interhemispheric ECN coupling weakens within the first few days following last cocaine use. Because of the known link between reduced ECN interhemispheric coupling and relapse vulnerability, these results suggest that relapse risk may increase the longer an individual abstains during an early quit attempt. Treatments focused on reversing this coupling deficit may facilitate abstinence.

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Executive FunctionCocaineCocaine-Related DisordersFunctional NeuroimagingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeural PathwaysPilot ProjectsRecurrenceSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeTime FactorsCocaineAbstinenceCocaineExecutive control networkfMRIInterhemisphericResting state functional connectivity

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PMID29017089
PMCPMC5683918
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