RT Journal Article
T1 Increased amplitude of P3 event-related potential in young binge drinkers
A1 Crego Barreiro, Manuel Alberto
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
A1 Parada Iglesias, María
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
A1 Caamaño Isorna, Francisco
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
K1 Oddball task
K1 Visual attention
K1 Adolescence
K1 Binge drinking
K1 University students
K1 Atención visual
K1 Adolescencia
K1 Consumo intensivo de alcohol
K1 Estudiantes universitarios
AB The aim of the present study was to determine how binge drinking (BD) affects brain functioning in male and female university students during the performance of a visual discrimination task. Thirty two binge drinkers and 53 controls (non binge drinkers), with no history of other drug use, personal or family history of alcoholism or psychopathological disorders, were selected. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded during the performance of a visual oddball task. The latency and amplitude of the N2 and P3b components of the ERPs were analyzed. There were no differences between the groups in behavioral measures, but P3b amplitudes were significantly larger in binge drinkers than controls. This may suggest the presence of anomalies in neural processes mediating attention processing, or an imbalance (increased) of neuronal activity in P3b generators caused by the presence of BD pattern for a long time.
PB Elsevier
SN 0741-8329
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16819
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16819
LA eng
NO Crego A, Cadaveira F, Parada M, Corral M, Caamaño F, Rodríguez Holguín S (2012). Increased amplitude of P3 event-related potential in young binge drinkers.  Alcohol, 46, 415-425. Doi:10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.10.002
NO Consellería de Innovación e Industria of Xunta de Galicia (grant number INCITE08PXIB211015PR), the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain (EDU2008-03400 and PSI2011-22575), and the “Programa de Formación de Profesorado Universitario” (FPU) from the Ministerio de Educación of Spain (grant AP2006-03871) provide funding for this research. They had no further role in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication
DS Minerva
RD 3 may 2026