Acute and chronic effects of betel quid chewing on brain functional connectivity.

dc.contributor.authorSariah, Adellah
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-12T07:54:31Z
dc.date.available2021-10-12T07:54:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-17
dc.description.abstractBackground: The active alkaloid in Betel quid is arecoline. Consumption of betel quid is associated with both acute effects and longer-term addictive effects. Despite growing evidence that betel quid use is linked with altered brain function and connectivity, the neurobiology of this psychoactive substance in initial acute chewing, and long-term dependence, is not clear. Methods: In this observational study, functional magnetic resonance imaging in a resting-state was performed in 24 male betel quid-dependent chewers and 28 male controls prior to and promptly after betel quid chewing. Network-based statistics were employed to determine significant differences in functional connectivity between brain networks for both acute effects and in long-term betel users versus controls. A support vector machine was employed for pattern classification analysis. Results: Before chewing betel quid, higher functional connectivity in betel quid-dependent chewers than in controls was found between the temporal, parietal and frontal brain regions (right medial orbitofrontal cortex, right lateral orbital frontal cortex, right angular gyrus, bilateral inferior temporal gyrus, superior parietal gyrus, and right medial superior frontal gyrus). In controls, the effect of betel quid chewing was significantly increased functional connectivity between the subcortical regions (caudate, putamen, pallidum, and thalamus), and the visual cortex (superior occipital gyrus and right middle occipital gyrus). Conclusion: These findings show that individuals who chronically use betel quid have higher functional connectivity than controls of the orbitofrontal cortex, and inferior temporal and angular gyri. Acute effects of betel quid are to increase the functional connectivity of some visual cortical areas (which may relate to the acute symptoms) and the basal ganglia and thalamus.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHKMUen_US
dc.identifier.citationSariah, A., Guo, S., Zuo, J., Pu, W., Liu, H., Rolls, E.T., Xue, Z., Liu, Z. and Huang, X., 2020. Acute and chronic effects of betel quid chewing on brain functional connectivity. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, p.198.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00198
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/766
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers in psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectFunctional brain imagingen_US
dc.subjectBasal gangliaen_US
dc.subjectOrbitofrontal cortexen_US
dc.titleAcute and chronic effects of betel quid chewing on brain functional connectivity.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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