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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Biol. 2012 May 10;18(1):121–133. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00464.x

Table 4.

Behavioral correlates of alcohol cue-elicited brain activation

Behavioral measure First author, year N Midbrain/limbic Prefrontal Motor Par Temp Occ
VTA Thal DS VS Amg Ins ACC PCC OFC vmPFC latPFC
ADS Claus, 2011 326 L, R R L L L L L L
AUDIT Filbey, 2008 37 L, R L, R L, R M L, R M
Claus, 2011 326 L R R L L
AUQ Filbey, 2008 37 R M
DAQ
-Mild desires to drink Tapert, 2003 15 La L R R L, R
-Strong desires and intentions to drink Tapert, 2003 15 R
Tapert, 2004 8 L
-Reinforcing effects Tapert, 2003 15 Ra Ra
Tapert, 2004 8 L
ICSFC Claus, 2011 326 L L, R R L L, R L, R
OCDS Wrase, 2007 13 R
Vollstädt-Klein, 2010 31 R Lb
In-scanner craving Modell, 1995 9 R
Myrick, 2004 10 L L L
Park, 2007 9 L, R L L, R L, R L, R
Filbey, 2008 37 R
Myrick, 2008 107 R
Drinking
-Drinks per month Tapert, 2003 15 R L L, R
-Alcohol intake after scan Grüsser, 2004 10 M
-Heavy drinking days Bragulat, 2008 9 L
-While on 15mg APZ Myrick, 2010 14 R
-Years regular drinking Claus, 2011 326 L L, R L, R

Results from ROI analyses are bolded.

a

Negative correlation;

b

Negative correlation among heavy drinkers (N = 21) only;

c

Among male participants (N = 20) only.

Abbreviations: VTA = ventral tegmental area; Thal = thalamus; DS = dorsal striatum; VS = ventral striatum; Amg = amygdala; Ins = insula; ACC = anterior cingulate; PCC = posterior cingulate; OFC = orbitofrontal cortex; vmPFC = ventromedial prefrontal; latPFC = lateral prefrontal; Motor = pre-, post-central gyri, cerebellum; Par = parietal; Temp = temporal; Occ = occipital; APZ = aripiprazole.