ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2017
An Update Overview on Brain Imaging Studies of Internet Gaming Disorder.
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- Problematic Gaming and Gambling: A Systematic Review of Task-Specific EEG Protocols.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Pooled it
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- Shared gray matter alterations in individuals with diverse behavioral addictions: A voxel-wise meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Pooled it
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- Atypical cortical neural activity in internet gaming disorder comorbid with autism spectrum disorder during a cue reactivity task: A magnetoencephalography study.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
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- Verbal memory dysfunction in substance use and gambling addictive disorders: a comparative analysis of performance accuracy and error typologies.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of cortical anatomy in male participants with internet gaming disorder or tobacco use disorder: Insights from normative modeling.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Higher striatal glutamate in male youth with internet gaming disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Association Between Juvenile Psychotic Experiences and Problematic Gaming.Schizophrenia bulletin open · 2024Article
- Prevalence, correlates, and comorbidities of internet gaming disorder and problematic game use: national mental health survey of Korea 2021.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Functional connectivity changes in the brain of adolescents with internet addiction: A systematic literature review of imaging studies.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- Neuroimaging correlates of internet gaming disorder: Can we achieve the promise of translating understandings of brain functioning into clinical advances?The Canadian journal of addiction · 2023Article
- Structural and Functional Neural Alterations in Internet Addiction: A Study Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
- Impulsivity-related right superior frontal gyrus as a biomarker of internet gaming disorder.General psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
There are a growing number of studies on structural and functional brain mechanisms underlying Internet gaming disorder (IGD). Recent functional magnetic resonance imaging studies showed that IGD adolescents and adults had reduced gray matter volume in regions associated with attention motor coordination executive function and perception. Adolescents with IGD showed lower white matter (WM) integrity measures in several brain regions that are involved in decision-making, behavioral inhibition, and emotional regulation. IGD adolescents had also disruption in the functional connectivity in areas responsible for learning memory and executive function, processing of auditory, visual, and somatosensory stimuli and relay of sensory and motor signals. IGD adolescents also had decreased functional connectivity of PFC-striatal circuits, increased risk-taking choices, and impaired ability to control their impulses similar to other impulse control disorders. Recent studies indicated that altered executive control mechanisms in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) would be a predisposition for developing IGD. Finally, patients with IGD have also shown an increased functional connectivity of several executive control brain regions that may related to comorbidity with ADHD and depression. The behavioral addiction model argues that IGD shows the features of excessive use despite adverse consequences, withdrawal phenomena, and tolerance that characterize substance use disorders. The evidence supports the behavioral addiction model of IGD by showing structural and functional changes in the mechanisms of reward and craving (but not withdrawal) in IGD. Future studies need to investigate WM density and functional connectivity in IGD in order to validate these findings. Furthermore, more research is required about the similarity in neurochemical and neurocognitive brain circuits in IGD and comorbid conditions such as ADHD and depression.
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