Involvement of inferior parietal lobules in prospective memory impairment during acute MDMA (ecstasy) intoxication: an event-related fMRI study
Autor: | Elia Formisano, Kim P. C. Kuypers, Johannes G. Ramaekers, Armin Heinecke, Marleen Wingen |
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Přispěvatelé: | Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, RS: FPN CN I, RS: FPN NPPP II |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty N-Methyl-3 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine Precuneus Neuropsychological Tests Audiology Young Adult Double-Blind Method Parietal Lobe Prospective memory mental disorders Image Processing Computer-Assisted Reaction Time medicine Humans Memory disorder Psychiatry Pharmacology Analysis of Variance Brain Mapping Memory Disorders Cross-Over Studies Cognitive disorder Parietal lobe Electroencephalography Inferior parietal lobule MDMA medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Oxygen Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.anatomical_structure Go/no go Hallucinogens Evoked Potentials Visual Female Psychology psychological phenomena and processes medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(7), 1641-1648. Nature Publishing Group |
ISSN: | 0893-133X |
Popis: | Prospective memory refers to the realization of delayed intentions. Several studies have shown that 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) users perform worse on measures of prospective memory as compared to nondrug users. Interpretation of these data may be limited because of polydrug use, psychosocial stressors, and increased psychopathology that have been reported in MDMA users. This study was designed to directly assess the pharmacological effect of MDMA on prospective memory and brain activity in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study. Twelve recreational MDMA users received MDMA 75 mg and placebo and performed an objective prospective memory task during functional imaging. During prospective memory task performance subjects were engaged in a foreground task that consisted of a simple reaction time to visual stimuli (Go trials) and a prospective task of withholding a response during trials that were part of a dynamic memory set (No go trials). Behavioral data showed that a single dose of MDMA increased prospective memory failures in the No go trials, and that number of prospective memory failures was positively correlated to MDMA concentration in plasma. Functional imaging showed that MDMA decreased BOLD activation during Go trials in the thalamus (left), putamen (left), precuneus (left), and the inferior parietal lobules (bilateral), as compared to placebo. During No go trials, MDMA reduced BOLD deactivation in the inferior parietal lobules (bilateral), as compared to placebo. It is concluded that the loss of deactivation in inferior parietal lobules may account for increments in memory failures observed during MDMA intoxication. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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