fMRI Investigation on Cue-induced Smoking Craving: A Case Report.
- Author:
Hyun Kook LIM
1
;
Chi Un PAE
;
Chang Uk LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Chuncheon National Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Smoking;
Craving;
fMRI
- MeSH:
Brain;
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
Frontal Lobe;
Head;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Nicotine;
Parietal Lobe;
Photic Stimulation;
Prefrontal Cortex;
Smoke*;
Smoking*;
Substance-Related Disorders;
Tobacco Use Disorder
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2005;12(1):68-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECT: Nicotine dependence is the most common substance abuse disorder. One of the characteristics of nicotine dependence is craving. Regional activation of the brain induced by craving for nicotine was evaluated by using functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate neuroanatomical site of smoking craving. METHOD: A smoker who satisfied DSM-IV criteria for nicotine dependence and a non smoker was studied. MRI data were acquired on a 1.5T Magnetom Vision Plus with a head volume coil. Two sets of visual stimuli were presented to subjects in a random manner. One was the film scenes of inducing smoking craving and the other was neutral stimuli not related to smoking. There were two fMRI sessions before and after smoking or sham smoking. Data were analyzed using SPM99. RESULTS: fMRI showed significant activated area in anterior cingulate and medial frontal lobes in the smoker during smoking craving. Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and parietal lobes were activated in the control during visual stimulation before smoking. After smoking, there was no brain activation during visual stimulation in both of smoker and non smoker. CONCLUSION: Metabolic activity of the anterior cingulate and medial frontal lobes increased during craving for smoking. This result suggests that fMRI may be a valuable tool in the identification of neurobiological process of craving.
