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Ethanol and the Developing Brain: Molecular, Neurochemical & Cellular
Impacts
Josephine F. Wilson, D.D.S., Ph.D.Professor of Community Health
Director, Substance Abuse Resources and Disability Issues (SARDI) Program
Boonshoft School of Medicine
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The Vulnerable Brain
GLUCOSE ETHANOL
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Metabolites of Ethanol
FORMALDEHYDE ACETALDEHYDE
Reactive Oxygen Species Oxidative StressFree Radical-Mediated Damage
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Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy
• The leading preventable cause of birth defects and neurodevelopmental disorders
• Most severe: fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)• A continuum of physical anomalies and
behavioral and cognitive deficits: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
• Some brain areas or cell populations more vulnerable than others
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FASD: Behavioral and Cognitive Deficits• General intelligence• Memory• Language• Attention• Learning• Visuospatial abilities• Executive functioning• Fine and gross motor skills• Hyperactive, disruptive, impulsive, delinquent• Depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts• Social and adaptive functioning• Academic achievement
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Biological and Environmental Factors
• Dose of alcohol exposure• Exposure pattern (binge vs. chronic)• Developmental timing of exposure• Genetic background of mother/fetus• Maternal nutrition• Ingestion of other drugs BAL > 200 mg/dL versus BAL < 150 mg/dLalcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) allelle
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Brain Development
• Gastrulation• Proliferation • Migration• Cell differentiation • Dendritic and axonal growth• Programmed cell death
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Craniofacial Defects of FAS
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Effects of Damage to the Developing Brain
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Cerebrum
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Cerebellum
• Develops rapidly in 3rd trimester• Tremors, weak grasp, poor eye/hand
coordination, gait and balance difficulties, poor motor response programming, reaction time
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White Matter Defects
Gray Matter = NeuronsWhite Matter = Glial cells
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Corpus Callosum
Normal Brain Complete AgenesisPartial Agenesis
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Developing Brain Systems Affected by Alcohol
• Serotonin system• Dopamine system• GABA system• Glutamate system• Adrenergic system
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Alterations Produced by Ethanol
• Gene alterationsEpigenetic modification
• Alterations in mitogenic and growth factorsNeurotrophins
• Alterations in moleculesCell-adhesion molecules
• Oxidative stressReduced antioxidant levels
• Alterations in molecular signalingCell survival
• Alterations in glial proliferation, differentiation, and functioning
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The Developing Brain• By the age of 5 or 6, the brain usually has reached about 95 percent
of the average adult volume, having increased fourfold in size since birth.
• From ages 3 to 6, the most rapid growth takes place in frontal-lobe areas involved in planning and organizing new actions, and in maintaining attention to tasks.
• From 6 to puberty, the gray-matter spike shifts to the temporal and parietal lobes that play a major role in language skills and spatial relations.
• Increase in gray matter in the frontal lobes at the onset of adolescence, followed by a substantial loss in the frontal lobes from the mid-teens through the mid-twenties.
• Gray matter is replaced by white matter.
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The Adolescent Brain
• 30 – 56% of 16-year-olds binge drink• more vulnerable to disruption from binge
drinking• “blackouts”• neural plasticity in prefrontal cortex and
hippocampus• rapid maturation of brain reward systems• changes in secretion of stress hormones
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Positron Emission Tomography
PET
Wallace Kettering Neuroscience Institute3533 Southern Boulevard
Kettering, OH
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Literature Review
PET studies have revealed that glucose metabolism is reduced in the brains of chronic alcoholics
• Goldstein, Leskovjan, Hoff, Hitzemann, Bashan, Khalsa, Wang, Fowler, & Volkow (2004)
• Dao-Castelanna, Samson, Legault, Martinot, Aubin, Crouzel, Feldman, Barrucand, Rancurrel, Feline, & Syrota (1998)
• Johnson-Greene, Adams, Gilman, Koeppe, Junck, Kluin, Martello, & Heumann (1997)
• Volkow, Wang, Overall, Hitzemann, Fowker, Pappas, Frecska, & Piscani (1997)
• Adams, Gilman, Koeppe, Kluin, Brunberg, Dede, Berent, & Kroll (1993)
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Design
Two groups of subjects
– 10 men, 21-25 years old, who drink at least 25 drinks per week
– 10 men, 21-25 years old, who abstain from drinking alcohol
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Experimental Participants Selected on the Basis of Four Criteria
1) They drink the equivalent of twenty-five drinks per week and are binge drinkers, as opposed to daily drinkers.
2) They have been drinking heavily for more than two years.
3) They do not use other drugs (e.g., marijuana). 4) They do not have significant psychiatric histories
that require the use of medications with potential to affect cognitive function.
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Procedure
• PARTICIPANT SCREENINGDay 1:• URINE and BLOOD TESTS• PHYSICAL EXAMINATION• NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM• PET SCANDay 2:• URINE and BLOOD TESTS• PET SCAN• MRI SCAN
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Screening Criteria• Age:• Do you drink?_________
if yes:how much?______ everyday?_______ over weekend?_______how long have you been drinking?_________can you go 48 hours without drinking?__________
do you experience tolerance? (drink more for same effect)______have you ever tried to quit/cut down?_______do you spend a great deal of time getting, using, and/or recovering?________have you given up/reduced activities for drinking?________do you continue to drink despite health problems?_____
• Are you taking and medications for psychological/brain disorders? (anti-depressants, anti-epileptic, ADD medication). ____________
• Have you ever had a head injury or been knocked unconscious in an accident or sporting event? _______
• Do you take any non-prescription drugs?__ Marijuana?__ Cocaine?__
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PET Imaging with FDG
18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose – fluoride isotope
• Quantitative measurement of the regional rate of glucose metabolism (rCMRGIc)
• Approximately 8 mCi of 18F-FDG is injected in each subject for each scan.
• Emission data is acquired over a 15 minute interval approximately 45 minutes post-injection of 18F-FDG
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MRI provides anatomical information
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PETMR
Co-Registration Process
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Co-Registered
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PET scans
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PET scans
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SummaryDeficits associated with FASD:• General intelligence – frontal lobes• Memory, language, attention, learning – frontal lobes• Visuospatial abilities – parietal lobes• Fine and gross motor skills - cerebellum• Hyperactive, disruptive, impulsive, delinquent - frontal• Depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation, suicide
attempts – frontal lobes, limbic system, basal ganglia• Social and adaptive functioning – frontal lobes• Academic achievement – frontal lobes, hippocampus
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Want More Information?
www.notasingledrop.org
Office of Family and Children First Council(937) 225-4695
www.OrlandoACME.comSBIRT course: 16 CME PRA Category 1 creditsOrlando, FL April 9 – 12, 2012
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