Liangsuo Ma1, Joel L Steinberg2, Lori Keyser-Marcus2, Divya Ramesh3, Ponnada A Narayana4, Randall E Merchant5, F Gerard Moeller3, David X Cifu6. 1. Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Radiology, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: lma@vcu.edu. 2. Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA. 3. Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA. 4. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA. 5. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA. 6. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a useful technique for non-invasively investigating the microstructural organization of white matter (WM), and the most consistent DTI finding regarding cocaine-related WM alterations is in the corpus callosum (CC). WM injury has also been observed in subjects with traumatic brain injury (TBI), including in the CC. METHODS: We used DTI to test if the WM microstructure is relatively more impaired in cocaine-dependent subjects who had suffered a mild TBI (mTBI). Fractional anisotropy (FA), which reflects the degree of alignment of cellular structures within fiber tracts and their structural integrity, was compared across cocaine-dependent subjects with mTBI (COCTBI group, n = 9), matched cocaine-dependent subjects without TBI (COC group, n = 12), and matched healthy controls (CTL group, n = 12). RESULTS: The COCTBI group had significantly lower FA in the genu, body, and splenium of CC, than the CTL group whenever the education was controlled or not. The COC group had significantly lower FA in the left and right anterior corona radiata than the CTL group only when the education was controlled. There was no significant difference in FA between the COC and COCTBI groups. CONCLUSION: Cocaine dependence (or mTBI) related WM impairments in the CC were not detectable in this small subject sample. The significant finding in the CC suggests that the concurrence of cocaine dependence and mTBI might result in more severe damage to the CC, which could even be detected in small sample size.
BACKGROUND: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a useful technique for non-invasively investigating the microstructural organization of white matter (WM), and the most consistent DTI finding regarding cocaine-related WM alterations is in the corpus callosum (CC). WM injury has also been observed in subjects with traumatic brain injury (TBI), including in the CC. METHODS: We used DTI to test if the WM microstructure is relatively more impaired in cocaine-dependent subjects who had suffered a mild TBI (mTBI). Fractional anisotropy (FA), which reflects the degree of alignment of cellular structures within fiber tracts and their structural integrity, was compared across cocaine-dependent subjects with mTBI (COCTBI group, n = 9), matched cocaine-dependent subjects without TBI (COC group, n = 12), and matched healthy controls (CTL group, n = 12). RESULTS: The COCTBI group had significantly lower FA in the genu, body, and splenium of CC, than the CTL group whenever the education was controlled or not. The COC group had significantly lower FA in the left and right anterior corona radiata than the CTL group only when the education was controlled. There was no significant difference in FA between the COC and COCTBI groups. CONCLUSION:Cocaine dependence (or mTBI) related WM impairments in the CC were not detectable in this small subject sample. The significant finding in the CC suggests that the concurrence of cocaine dependence and mTBI might result in more severe damage to the CC, which could even be detected in small sample size.
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