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ArticleCommunications medicine2025

The role of the salience network in adolescent impulsivity using memory tasks and neuroimaging.

Jae-Chang Kim, Kyeong Seob Song, Jinyoung Kim, Minkyung Hu, Joong Il Kim, In Young Choi, Tae Min Kim, Dai-Jin Kim, Ji-Won Chun

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Jae-Chang KimZurich Center for Neuroeconomics, Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-817X
Kyeong Seob SongDepartment of Medical Informatics, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9215-1014
Jinyoung KimDepartment of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Minkyung HuDepartment of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Joong Il KimDigital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
In Young ChoiDepartment of Medical Informatics, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Tae Min KimDepartment of Medical Informatics, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Dai-Jin KimDepartment of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ji-Won ChunDepartment of Medical Informatics, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. jwchun@catholic.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0629-0358

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National Research Foundation (NRF) RS-2023-00223559Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) P1ZHP1_184166
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backgroundThis study investigated potential behavioral and neural biomarkers of adolescent impulsivity by analyzing adolescent responses in a memory test and examining task-independent brain connectivity.

methodsThis research utilized immediate and delayed memory tasks, together with a similar distractor memory task (SMT), to examine adolescent impulsivity and its correlation with neural cognitive control strategies. Ninety-five healthy, right-handed teenagers (27 females, average age 14.9 years) participated in the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) sessions.

resultsElevated impulsivity correlates with an increased number of errors during target trials and a higher incidence of false alarms during catch trials. Neural activity and connectivity involving the insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) are significantly associated with behavioral responses and individual impulsivity. Notably, both task-modulated and resting-state (intrinsic) coupling between the insula and locus coeruleus (LC), as well as between the dACC and LC, demonstrate significant positive correlation with impulsivity. These findings indicate that insula-LC and dACC-LC connectivity strength serve as reliable indicators of impulsivity.

conclusionsThe results indicate that the connection between the salience network and the noradrenergic locus coeruleus may function as a consistent neural indicator of impulsivity. Our findings indicate that this method can discern reliable brain biomarkers for impulsivity and can guide interventions aimed at enhancing self-control during adolescence.

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