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Trying to forget alcohol: Brain mechanisms underlying memory suppression in young binge drinkers.
Almeida-Antunes, Natália; Antón-Toro, Luis; Crego, Alberto; Rodrigues, Rui; Sampaio, Adriana; López-Caneda, Eduardo.
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  • Almeida-Antunes N; Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
  • Antón-Toro L; Department of Experimental Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), 28223 Madrid, Spain.
  • Crego A; Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
  • Rodrigues R; Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
  • Sampaio A; Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
  • López-Caneda E; Psychological Neuroscience Laboratory (PNL), Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. Electronic address: eduardo.lopez@psi.uminho.pt.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry ; 134: 111053, 2024 Aug 30.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38871018
ABSTRACT
People are able to voluntarily suppress unwanted thoughts or memories, a phenomenon known as suppression-induced forgetting or memory suppression. Despite harmful alcohol use, such as binge drinking, has been linked to impaired inhibitory control (IC) and augmented alcohol-cue reactivity, no study to date has assessed memory inhibition abilities towards alcohol-related cues in binge drinkers (BDs). Thus, the present preregistered study aimed to evaluate the behavioral and neurofunctional mechanisms associated with memory inhibition, specifically those related to the suppression of alcohol-related memories, in young BDs. For this purpose, electroencephalographic activity was recorded in eighty-two college students aged between 18 and 24 years old from the University of Minho (50% females; 40 non/low-drinkers [N/LDS] and 42 BDs) while they performed the Think/No-Think Alcohol task. Brain functional connectivity (FC) was calculated using the phase locking value and, subsequently, a dynamic seed-based analysis was conducted to explore the FC patterns between IC and memory networks. Comparatively to N/LDs, BDs exhibited decreased alpha-band FC between the anterior cingulate cortex and the left fusiform gyrus during attempts to suppress non-alcohol memories, accompanied by unsuccessful forgetting of those memories. Conversely, BDs displayed augmented gamma-band FC between the IC network and memory regions -i.e., hippocampus, parahippocampus and fusiform gyrus- during suppression of alcohol-related memories. Inhibitory abnormalities in BDs may lead to hypoconnectivity between IC and memory networks and deficient suppression of non-alcohol-related memories. However, while suppressing highly salient and reward-predicting stimuli, such as alcohol-related memories, BDs display a hyperconnectivity pattern between IC and memory networks, likely due to their augmented attention towards intrusive alcoholic memories and the attempts to compensate for potential underlying IC deficits. These findings hold important implications for alcohol research and treatment, as they open up new avenues for reducing alcohol use by shifting the focus to empowering suppression/control over alcohol-related memories. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION [http//www.ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [NCT05237414].
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Encéfalo / Electroencefalografía / Consumo Excesivo de Bebidas Alcohólicas Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Encéfalo / Electroencefalografía / Consumo Excesivo de Bebidas Alcohólicas Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal Pais de publicación: Reino Unido