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Microstructure abnormalities in adolescents with internet addiction disorder
Yuan K, Qin W, Wang G, Zeng F, Zhao L, Yang X, Liu P, Liu J, Sun J, von Deneen KM, Gong Q, Liu Y, Tian J · 2011
View Original AbstractInternet addiction causes measurable brain structure changes in teenagers, raising questions about combined behavioral and EMF effects from device use.
Plain English Summary
Researchers used brain imaging to study 18 teenagers with internet addiction disorder, comparing their brain structure to healthy controls. They found significant changes in brain gray matter volume and white matter integrity in areas responsible for decision-making, impulse control, and emotional regulation. The severity of these brain changes correlated directly with how long the teenagers had been addicted to the internet.
Study Details
To study the microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder
We investigated the morphology of the brain in adolescents with IAD (N = 18) using an optimized voxe...
VBM results indicated the decreased gray matter volume in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cor...
Our results suggested that long-term internet addiction would result in brain structural alterations, which probably contributed to chronic dysfunction in subjects with IAD. The current study may shed further light on the potential brain effects of IAD
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@article{k_2011_microstructure_abnormalities_in_adolescents_2821,
author = {Yuan K and Qin W and Wang G and Zeng F and Zhao L and Yang X and Liu P and Liu J and Sun J and von Deneen KM and Gong Q and Liu Y and Tian J},
title = {Microstructure abnormalities in adolescents with internet addiction disorder},
year = {2011},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020708},
}