MAREČKOVÁ, Klára, Radek MAREČEK, Lenka ANDRÝSKOVÁ, Milan BRÁZDIL and Yuliya S NIKOLOVA. Prenatal exposure to alcohol and its impact on reward processing and substance use in adulthood. Translational Psychiatry. London: Springer Nature, 2024, vol. 14, No 1, p. 1-9. ISSN 2158-3188. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02941-9.
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Original name Prenatal exposure to alcohol and its impact on reward processing and substance use in adulthood
Authors MAREČKOVÁ, Klára (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek MAREČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lenka ANDRÝSKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Yuliya S NIKOLOVA.
Edition Translational Psychiatry, London, Springer Nature, 2024, 2158-3188.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30215 Psychiatry
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 6.800 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02941-9
UT WoS 001234528500002
Keywords in English alcohol; prenatal exposure; reward processing; substance use
Tags 14110127
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Heavy maternal alcohol drinking during pregnancy has been associated with altered neurodevelopment in the child but the effects of low-dose alcohol drinking are less clear and any potential safe level of alcohol use during pregnancy is not known. We evaluated the effects of prenatal alcohol on reward-related behavior and substance use in young adulthood and the potential sex differences therein. Participants were members of the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC) prenatal birth cohort who participated in its neuroimaging follow-up in young adulthood. A total of 191 participants (28-30 years; 51% men) had complete data on prenatal exposure to alcohol, current substance use, and fMRI data from young adulthood. Maternal alcohol drinking was assessed during mid-pregnancy and pre-conception. Brain response to reward anticipation and reward feedback was measured using the Monetary Incentive Delay task and substance use in young adulthood was assessed using a self-report questionnaire. We showed that even a moderate exposure to alcohol in mid-pregnancy but not pre-conception was associated with robust effects on brain response to reward feedback (six frontal, one parietal, one temporal, and one occipital cluster) and with greater cannabis use in both men and women 30 years later. Moreover, mid-pregnancy but not pre-conception exposure to alcohol was associated with greater cannabis use in young adulthood and these effects were independent of maternal education and maternal depression during pregnancy. Further, the extent of cannabis use in the late 20 s was predicted by the brain response to reward feedback in three out of the nine prenatal alcohol-related clusters and these effects were independent of current alcohol use. Sex differences in the brain response to reward outcome emerged only during the no loss vs. loss contrast. Young adult men exposed to alcohol prenatally had significantly larger brain response to no loss vs. loss in the putamen and occipital region than women exposed to prenatal alcohol. Therefore, we conclude that even moderate exposure to alcohol prenatally has long-lasting effects on brain function during reward processing and risk of cannabis use in young adulthood.
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EF17_043/0009632, research and development projectName: CETOCOEN Excellence
GM24-12183M, research and development projectName: Prenatální programování mozku a chování dítěte: Nové poznatky o mechanismech mezigeneračního přenosu
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Prenatal programming of child’s brain and behavior: Novel insights into the mechanisms
LM2018121, research and development projectName: Výzkumná infrastruktura RECETOX (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, RECETOX RI
LM2018129, research and development projectName: Národní infrastruktura pro biologické a medicínské zobrazování Czech-BioImaging
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LQ1601, research and development projectName: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
NU20J-04-00022, research and development projectName: Zdravé stárnutí mozku: Celoživotní perspektiva
Investor: Ministry of Health of the CR, Healthy Brain Ageing in Czechia over the life-course, Subprogram 2 - junior
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