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P.095 Smoking behaviour change is associated with altered functional brain connectivity in older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2022

N Thovinakere
Affiliation:
(Montreal)*
M Ai
Affiliation:
(Boston)
T Morris
Affiliation:
(Boston)
A Noriega de la Colina
Affiliation:
(Montreal)
J Tremblay-Mercier
Affiliation:
(Montreal)
S Villeneuve
Affiliation:
(Montreal)
M Geddes
Affiliation:
(Montreal)
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Abstract

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Background: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable morbidity worldwide and therefore developing effective smoking cessation strategies is a public health priority. However, what brain networks support maintenance of smoking cessation in the long term remains unexplored. Methods: We analyzed the baseline resting-state fMRI data acquired in 23 smokers (Mage = 61.52 ± 3.7) who were followed longitudinally in a cohort of cognitively normal older adults. Self-reported smoking status and amount were recorded at baseline and repeated after 4 years. We investigated the effect of smoking behaviour change on functional brain connectivity using seed-to-voxel approach. We examined a-priori regions of interest (ROIs) including the reward network (ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vMPFC) and ventral striatum) and the right insula. These ROIs are promising target mechanisms given prior behavioural research linking it to smoking cessation. Results: Our results revealed that reduced smoking was associated with reduced connectivity between ventral striatum and middle frontal gyrus and enhanced connectivity between right insula and middle temporal gyrus (voxel p <0.001, cluster p<0.05 FDR corrected). However, change in smoking did not reveal any significant effects in the vMPFC. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that successful smoking behaviour change is associated with altered reward network and insular functional connectivity in the long term.

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Poster Presentations
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation