Mapping cortical and subcortical asymmetries in substance dependence: Findings from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group

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Contributors

  • Zhipeng Cao - , University of Vermont (Author)
  • Jonatan Ottino-Gonzalez - , University of Vermont (Author)
  • Renata B. Cupertino - , University of Vermont (Author)
  • Nathan Schwab - , University of Vermont (Author)
  • Colin Hoke - , University of Vermont (Author)
  • Orr Catherine - , Swinburne University of Technology (Author)
  • Janna Cousijn - , University of Amsterdam (Author)
  • Alain Dagher - , McGill University Health Centre (Author)
  • John J. Foxe - , University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (Author)
  • Anna E. Goudriaan - , Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC) (Author)
  • Robert Hester - , University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Kent Hutchison - , University of Colorado Boulder (Author)
  • Chiang Shan R. Li - , Yale University (Author)
  • Edythe D. London - , University of California at Los Angeles (Author)
  • Valentina Lorenzetti - , Australian Catholic University (Author)
  • Maartje Luijten - , Radboud University Nijmegen (Author)
  • Rocio Martin-Santos - , University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Reza Momenan - , National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Author)
  • Martin P. Paulus - , University of California at San Diego, Laureate Institute for Brain Research (Author)
  • Lianne Schmaal - , ORYGEN Youth Health, University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Rajita Sinha - , Yale University (Author)
  • Zsuzsika Sjoerds - , Leiden University (Author)
  • Nadia Solowij - , University of Wollongong (Author)
  • Dan J. Stein - , University of Cape Town (Author)
  • Elliot A. Stein - , National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Author)
  • Anne Uhlmann - , Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Ruth J. van Holst - , Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC) (Author)
  • Dick J. Veltman - , Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC) (Author)
  • Reinout W. Wiers - , University of Amsterdam (Author)
  • Murat Yücel - , Monash University (Author)
  • Sheng Zhang - , Yale University (Author)
  • Neda Jahanshad - , Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California (Author)
  • Paul M. Thompson - , Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California (Author)
  • Patricia Conrod - , University of Montreal (Author)
  • Scott Mackey - , University of Vermont (Author)
  • Hugh Garavan - , University of Vermont (Author)

Abstract

Brain asymmetry reflects left-right hemispheric differentiation, which is a quantitative brain phenotype that develops with age and can vary with psychiatric diagnoses. Previous studies have shown that substance dependence is associated with altered brain structure and function. However, it is unknown whether structural brain asymmetries are different in individuals with substance dependence compared with nondependent participants. Here, a mega-analysis was performed using a collection of 22 structural brain MRI datasets from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group. Structural asymmetries of cortical and subcortical regions were compared between individuals who were dependent on alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, methamphetamine, or cannabis (n = 1,796) and nondependent participants (n = 996). Substance-general and substance-specific effects on structural asymmetry were examined using separate models. We found that substance dependence was significantly associated with differences in volume asymmetry of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc; less rightward; Cohen's d = 0.15). This effect was driven by differences from controls in individuals with alcohol dependence (less rightward; Cohen's d = 0.10) and nicotine dependence (less rightward; Cohen's d = 0.11). These findings suggest that disrupted structural asymmetry in the NAcc may be a characteristic of substance dependence.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere13010
JournalAddiction biology
Volume26
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85099801261
PubMed 33508888

Keywords

Keywords

  • brain asymmetry, mega-analysis, substance dependence