Brain activities associated with gaming urge of online gaming addiction

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 739 - 747
• Main Authors: Ko, Chih-Hung, Liu, Gin-Chung, Hsiao, Sigmund, Yen, Ju-Yu, Yang, Ming-Jen, Lin, Wei-Chen, Yen, Cheng-Fang, Chen, Cheng-Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Addiction; Adult; Behavior, Addictive - diagnosis; Behavior, Addictive - physiopathology; Behavior, Addictive - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - pathology; Brain - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Caudate nucleus; Caudate Nucleus - physiopathology; Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology; Cortex; Craving; Cues; fMRI; Frontal Lobe - physiopathology; Functional Laterality; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gambling - psychology; Gaming urge; Gyrus Cinguli - physiopathology; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Internet; Internet - utilization; Internet addiction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Nucleus Accumbens - physiopathology; Photic Stimulation; Prefrontal Cortex - physiopathology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Videogames; Visual Perception; Young Adult; Nucleus accumbens; fMRI; Caudate nucleus; Gaming urge; Internet addiction; Addiction; tMRI; Cyberdependence; Central nervous system; Basal ganglion; Internet; Encephalon

The aim of this study was to identify the neural substrates of online gaming addiction through evaluation of the brain areas associated with the cue-induced gaming urge. Ten participants with online gaming addiction and 10 control subjects without online gaming addiction were tested. They were prese...