substance use and the brain susan tapert, ph.d. alcohol medical scholars program
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Substance Use and the Brain
Susan Tapert, Ph.D.Alcohol Medical Scholars Program
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Substance Use and the Brain
1. How is the brain affected long-term?• Alcohol• Marijuana• Stimulants
2. What can we do about this?
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How is the brain affected long-term?
• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Stimulants
What can we do about this?
Substance Use and the Brain
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Drinking & Thinking
• ~50% alcoholic adults show some problems:– Spatial skills– Planning– Learning and memory
• IQ and language OK
• Recovery– Much in 1st month– More in 1st year if sober
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Alcohol and Sleep
• Problems when using and when sober– Falling asleep– Total sleep– Sleep quality
• Affects memory and thinking
• Feeling unrested increases relapse risk
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Brain Structure
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)– Safe– No injections– Shows small brain
parts
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Shrinkage: Ventricles
Non-alcoholic Alcoholic
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Shrinkage: Cerebellum
Healthy Control Alcoholic
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Brain Function
• Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
– Safe
– Movies of brain activity
– Good resolution
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Brain Function
Side View
Alcoholics vs. Healthy Controls
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Volume Recovery
During Treatment 2 Years Later
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How is the brain affected long-term?
• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Stimulants
What can we do about this?
Substance Use and the Brain
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Marijuana & Thinking
• Modest problems in very heavy users– Learning and memory– Sustained attention– Impulsivity
• Most recover after 1 month abstinent
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Marijuana & Brain
• No evidence of brain shrinkage
• Altered brain waves related to attention
brain blood flow
brain response while learning
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How is the brain affected long-term?
• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Stimulants
What can we do about this?
Substance Use and the Brain
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Stimulants &Thinking
• Motor skills
• Planning
• Switching tasks
• Decision making
• Working memory
• Impulsivity
• Learning and memory
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Stimulants & Brain Structure
• Volume reductions:Volume reductions:
– CingulateCingulate
– HippocampusHippocampus
– No overall gray matter No overall gray matter changeschanges
• Volume increase:Volume increase:
– Subcortical areasSubcortical areas
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Stimulants & Blood FlowHigh blood flow
Low blood flow
Healthy Control Cocaine-dependent
Gottschalk, 2001, Am J Psychiatry
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Blood Flow Recovery
Non users
Cocaine users, 10 days sober
Cocaine Users, 100 days sober
High High blood blood flowflow
Low Low blood blood flowflow
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Substance Use and Brain
Summary:
• Thinking problems
• Tissue loss
• Decreased blood flow
• Altered brain response to task
• Much recovery with abstinence
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How is the brain affected?
What can we do about this?
Substance Use and the Brain
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Implications
• Inform patients
• Develop better treatments