Cerebral Blood Flow in the Salience Network of Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder.
Tarah J ButcherEvgeny J ChuminJohn D WestMario DzemidzicKarmen K YoderPublished in: Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) (2021)
These results provide evidence that insular CBF is negatively associated with heavy drinking, and that severity of alcohol use is related to CBF deficits in key nodes of the salience network. Longitudinal data are needed to understand if disruptions of CBF in the insula and the salience network are a predisposition for or a consequence of chronic AUD.