Electroencephalographic Characteristics of Alcohol Dependent Patients: 3-Dimensional Source Localization.
- Author:
Sangchul SEO
1
;
Sungjin IM
;
Sang Gu LEE
;
Chul Jin SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. cjshin@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
sLORETA;
Alcohol dependence;
Cortical activation;
Current source analysis;
Source localization;
Functional neuroimaging
- MeSH:
Alcoholics;
Alcoholism;
Brain;
Electroencephalography;
Functional Neuroimaging;
Humans;
Magnets;
Male
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2015;22(2):87-94
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The power spectral analysis of electroencephalogram has been widely used to reveal the pathophysiology of the alcoholic brain. However, the results were not consistent and the three dimensional study can be hardly found. The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics of the three dimensional electroencephalographic (EEG) activity of alcohol dependent patients using standardized low resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA). METHODS: The participants consisted of 30 alcohol dependent patients and 30 normal healthy controls. All the participants were males who had refrained from alcohol at least one month and were not taking any medications. Thirty two channel EEG data was collected in the resting state with eyes-closed condition during 30 seconds. The three dimensional data was compared between two groups using sLORETA for delta, theta, alpha, beta1, beta2, and beta3 frequency bands. RESULTS: sLORETA revealed significantly increased brain cortical activity in alpha, beta1, beta2, and beta3 bands each in alcohol dependent patients compared to normal controls. The voxels showing the maximum significance were in the left transverse temporal gyrus, left superior temporal gyrus, left anterior cingulate, and left fusiform gyrus in alpha, beta1, beta2, and beta3 bands respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that chronic alcohol intake may cause neurophysiological changes in cerebral activity. Therefore, the measuring of EEG can be helpful in understanding the pathophysiology of cognitive impairements in alcohol dependence.
