ReviewBrain sciences2020
Brain Network Underlying Executive Functions in Gambling and Alcohol Use Disorders: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies.
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- Altered long-range temporal correlations in delta oscillatory amplitude dynamics in gambling disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Insights into Overlapping Brain Networks for Anxiety and Alcohol Use Disorders.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Aberrant regional homogeneity in multiple frequency bands in patients with alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Assessment of rTMS treatment effects for methamphetamine addiction based on EEG functional connectivity.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
- Betting on Your Feelings: The Interplay between Emotion and Cognition in Gambling Affective Task.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Topological features of functional brain networks and subclinical impulsivity: an investigation in younger and older adults.Brain structure & function · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review of Structural and Functional MRI Studies Investigating Social Networking Site Use.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Loss and Frontal Striatal Reactivities Characterize Alcohol Use Severity and Rule-Breaking Behavior in Young Adult Drinkers.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2022Article
- Gambling disorder in the UK: key research priorities and the urgent need for independent research funding.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2022Review
- Gut Barrier Dysfunction and Type 2 Immunity: Implications for Compulsive Behavior.Medical hypotheses · 2022Article
- A scoping review of electroencephalographic (EEG) markers for tracking neurophysiological changes and predicting outcomes in substance use disorder treatment.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- VISPNN: VGG-inspired Stochastic Pooling Neural Network.Computers, materials & continua · 2022Article
- Altered Global Signal Topography in Alcohol Use Disorders.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Exploring relationships between alcohol consumption, inflammation, and brain structure in a heavy drinking sample.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Higher-Order Language Dysfunctions in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attentional Control Training for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Transdiagnostic study of dynamic brain activity and connectivity among people with gambling and internet gaming disorders: DYNAMIC BRAIN ACTIVITY IN GD AND IGD.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundNeuroimaging and neuropsychological studies have suggested that common features characterize both Gambling Disorder (GD) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), but these conditions have rarely been compared.
methodsWe provide evidence for the similarities and differences between GD and AUD in neural correlates of executive functions by performing an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of 34 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies involving executive function processes in individuals diagnosed with GD and AUD and healthy controls (HC).
resultsGD showed greater bilateral clusters of activation compared with HC, mainly located in the head and body of the caudate, right middle frontal gyrus, right putamen, and hypothalamus. Differently, AUD showed enhanced activation compared with HC in the right lentiform nucleus, right middle frontal gyrus, and the precuneus; it also showed clusters of deactivation in the bilateral middle frontal gyrus, left middle cingulate cortex, and inferior portion of the left putamen.
conclusionsGoing beyond the limitations of a single study approach, these findings provide evidence, for the first time, that both disorders are associated with specific neural alterations in the neural network for executive functions.
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