Functional magnetic resonance imaging study in smoking addicts and its application in the field of the treatment and management of smoking cessation

VernacularTitle:吸烟成瘾者功能磁共振成像研究及在戒烟治疗和管理领域中的应用
Author: Haiyan QIN ; Shuang ZHOU ; Dan XIAO
Keywords: Smoking; Smoking cessation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging
From: Chinese Journal of Health Management 2016;10(6):478-482
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Smoking and exposure to second hand smoke are the deadly killer of human health. Tobacco kills more than one million people each year in China. According to 2015 Chinese adult tobacco survey, the number of smokers in China increased by 15 million during five years, from 301 million in 2010 to 316 million in 2015. Smoking addiction is a chronic recurrent disease, and its pathogenesis is associated with the mesolimbic dopamine system. In recent years, domestic and overseas scholars studied the brain function of smoking addicts through resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and found that the brain functional activity of smoking addicts has changed. fMRI can help us understand the mechanism of tobacco dependence, and provide the evidence of diagnosis, treatment and health management of tobacco dependence. In this paper, the present study situation and the application in the field of the treatment and management of smoking cessation of fMRI in smoking addicts are reviewed.