Erica N Grodin1, Carlos R Cortes2, Primavera A Spagnolo3, Reza Momenan4. 1. Clinical Neuroimaging Research Core, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States; Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, United States. 2. Clinical Neuroimaging Research Core, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States. 3. Office of the Clinical Director, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States. 4. Clinical Neuroimaging Research Core, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States. Electronic address: rezam@nih.gov.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Convergent preclinical and clinical evidence has linked the anterior insula to impulsivity and alcohol-associated compulsivity. The anterior insula is functionally connected to the anterior cingulate cortex, together comprising the major nodes of the salience network, which serves to signal salient events, including negative consequences. Clinical studies have found structural and functional alterations in the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortices of alcohol dependent individuals. No studies have yet investigated the association between morphometric abnormalities in salience network regions and the phenotype of high levels of impulsivity and compulsivity seen in alcohol dependent individuals. METHODS: In the current study, we compared self-report impulsivity, decisional impulsivity, self-report compulsivity, and structural neuroimaging measures in a sample of alcohol dependent individuals (n=60) and a comparison group of healthy controls (n=49). From the structural magnetic resonance images, we calculated volume and cortical thickness for 6 regions of interest: left and right anterior insula, posterior insula, and anterior cingulate. RESULTS: We found that alcohol dependent individuals had smaller anterior insula and anterior cingulate volumes, as well as thinner anterior insula cortices. There were no group differences in posterior insula morphometry. Anterior insula and anterior cingulate structural measures were negatively associated with self-report impulsivity, decisional impulsivity, and compulsivity measures. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that addiction endophenotypes are associated with salience network morphometry in alcohol addiction. These relationships indicate that salience network hubs represent potential treatment targets for impulse control disorders, including alcohol addiction.
BACKGROUND: Convergent preclinical and clinical evidence has linked the anterior insula to impulsivity and alcohol-associated compulsivity. The anterior insula is functionally connected to the anterior cingulate cortex, together comprising the major nodes of the salience network, which serves to signal salient events, including negative consequences. Clinical studies have found structural and functional alterations in the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortices of alcohol dependent individuals. No studies have yet investigated the association between morphometric abnormalities in salience network regions and the phenotype of high levels of impulsivity and compulsivity seen in alcohol dependent individuals. METHODS: In the current study, we compared self-report impulsivity, decisional impulsivity, self-report compulsivity, and structural neuroimaging measures in a sample of alcohol dependent individuals (n=60) and a comparison group of healthy controls (n=49). From the structural magnetic resonance images, we calculated volume and cortical thickness for 6 regions of interest: left and right anterior insula, posterior insula, and anterior cingulate. RESULTS: We found that alcohol dependent individuals had smaller anterior insula and anterior cingulate volumes, as well as thinner anterior insula cortices. There were no group differences in posterior insula morphometry. Anterior insula and anterior cingulate structural measures were negatively associated with self-report impulsivity, decisional impulsivity, and compulsivity measures. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that addiction endophenotypes are associated with salience network morphometry in alcohol addiction. These relationships indicate that salience network hubs represent potential treatment targets for impulse control disorders, including alcohol addiction.
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