The addicted human brain viewed in the light of imaging studies: brain circuits and treatment strategies

被引:372
作者
Volkow, ND
Fowler, JS
Wang, GJ
机构
[1] NIDA, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] NIAAA, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[3] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Med, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[4] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Chem, Upton, NY 11973 USA
关键词
striatum; dopamine; reward; motivation; predisposition; salience; nucleus accumbens (NAc); orbitofrontal cortex (OFC); cingulate gyrus;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.07.019
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Imaging studies have provided evidence of how the human brain changes as an individual becomes addicted. Here, we integrate the findings from imaging studies to propose a model of drug addiction. The process of addiction is initiated in part by the fast and high increases in DA induced by drugs of abuse. We hypothesize that this supraphysiological effect of drugs trigger a series of adaptations in neuronal circuits involved in saliency/reward, motivation/drive, memory/conditioning, and control/disinhibition, resulting in an enhanced (and long lasting) saliency value for the drug and its associated cues at the expense of decreased sensitivity for salient events of everyday life (including natural reinforcers). Although acute drug intake increases DA neurotransmission, chronic drug consumption results in a marked decrease in DA activity, associated with, among others, dysregulation of the orbitofrontal cortex (region involved with salience attribution) and cingulate gyrus (region involved with inhibitory control). The ensuing increase in motivational drive for the drug, strengthened by conditioned responses and the decrease in inhibitory control favors emergence of compulsive drug taking. This view of how drugs of abuse affect the brain suggests strategies for intervention, which might include: (a) those that will decrease the reward value of the drug of choice; (b) interventions to increase the saliency value of non-drug reinforcers; (c) approaches to weaken conditioned drug behaviors; and (d) methods to strengthen frontal inhibitory and executive control. Though this model focuses mostly on findings from PET studies of the brain DA system it is evident that other neurotransmitters are involved and that a better understanding of their roles in addiction would expand the options for therapeutic targets. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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