Acute alcohol intoxication impairs top-down regulation of stroop incongruity as revealed by blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging

• Published in: Human brain mapping Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 319 - 333
• Main Authors: Marinkovic, Ksenija, Rickenbacher, Elizabeth, Azma, Sheeva, Artsy, Elinor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.02.2012; Wiley-Liss; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Alcoholic Intoxication - physiopathology; Alcoholic Intoxication - psychology; anterior cingulate; Attention - drug effects; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Mapping; Cognition - physiology; cognitive control; Color Perception; Conflict (Psychology); Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; error-related activity; Female; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system; Neuroimaging - methods; Neuropsychological Tests; Oxygen - blood; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Reaction Time; Stroop Test; Oxygen; Nervous system diseases; Radiodiagnosis; anterior cingulate; Alcohol; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; error-related activity; Cognitive control; Functional imaging

Functional neuroanatomy of executive functions has been delineated in a large number of neuroimaging studies using conflict‐inducing tasks. The neural basis of alcohol's effects on cognitive control is poorly understood despite the evidence of impaired ability to evaluate competing demands and...