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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023

Lower cortical thickness and increased brain aging in adults with cocaine use disorder.

David Schinz, Benita Schmitz-Koep, Marlene Tahedl, Timo Teckenberg, Vivian Schultz, Julia Schulz, Claus Zimmer, Christian Sorg, Christian Gaser, Dennis M Hedderich

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David SchinzDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Benita Schmitz-KoepDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Marlene TahedlDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Timo TeckenbergDigital Management & Transformation, SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University, Riedlingen, Germany.
Vivian SchultzDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Julia SchulzDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Claus ZimmerDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Christian SorgDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Christian GaserDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Dennis M HedderichDepartment of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Technical University of Munich · DEFernhochschule – The Mobile University · DEJena University Hospital · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is a global health issue with severe behavioral and cognitive sequelae. While previous evidence suggests a variety of structural and age-related brain changes in CUD, the impact on both, cortical thickness and brain age measures remains unclear. Methods: Derived from a publicly available data set (SUDMEX_CONN), 74 CUD patients and 62 matched healthy controls underwent brain MRI and behavioral-clinical assessment. We determined cortical thickness by surface-based morphometry using CAT12 and Brain Age Gap Estimate (BrainAGE) via relevance vector regression. Associations between structural brain changes and behavioral-clinical variables of patients with CUD were investigated by correlation analyses. Results: We found significantly lower cortical thickness in bilateral prefrontal cortices, posterior cingulate cortices, and the temporoparietal junction and significantly increased BrainAGE in patients with CUD [mean (SD) = 1.97 (±3.53)] compared to healthy controls ( Conclusion: Results demonstrate structural brain abnormalities in CUD, particularly lower cortical thickness in association cortices and dose-dependent, increased brain age.

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addictionagingBrainAGEcocainecocaine use disordercortical thicknesssubstance use disorder

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PMCPMC10679447
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