Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto ON, Canada; Peter Boris Center for Addictions Research, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada.
Peter Boris Center for Addictions Research, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada.
Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2022 Apr;321:111461. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111461. Epub 2022 Feb 17.
Polysubstance use (PSU) is the use of more than one psychoactive substance simultaneously or independently, and occurs in roughly half of individuals who seek treatment for substance use. The current study sought to use resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) to examine functional connectivity in participants who report using multiple or single substances. Participants were drawn from a larger neuroimaging study. From there, participants were placed into one of three groups based on their frequency of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and illicit drug use. The final sample consisted of 82 participants. We observed three clusters that differed significantly between the three groups; one within the salience network and two within the temporal network. Tri+ users were found to have a lesser amount of rs-FC in these regions (compared to the other two groups) and dual users were found to have a greater amount of rs-FC within these regions. Findings indicate that use of three or more substances may significantly impact rs-FC within the salience and temporal networks, and that those who use alcohol+cannabis have significantly greater rs-FC than those who use alcohol+tobacco. Research is needed to examine larger samples of PSU for comparisons across specific substance combinations.
多物质使用(PSU)是同时或独立使用一种以上精神活性物质的行为,大约有一半寻求物质使用治疗的个体存在多物质使用情况。本研究旨在使用静息态功能连接(rs-FC)来检测报告使用多种或单一物质的参与者的功能连接。参与者来自更大的神经影像学研究。在此基础上,根据参与者饮酒、吸烟、大麻和非法药物的使用频率,将他们分为三组。最终样本包括 82 名参与者。我们观察到三组之间有三个明显不同的簇;一个在突显网络内,两个在时间网络内。与其他两组相比,三重使用者在这些区域的 rs-FC 明显较少,而双重使用者在这些区域的 rs-FC 明显较多。研究结果表明,使用三种或更多物质可能会显著影响突显网络和时间网络内的 rs-FC,并且使用酒精+大麻的人比使用酒精+烟草的人具有更大的 rs-FC。需要进行更多的研究,以更大的 PSU 样本为对象,比较特定物质组合之间的差异。