RT Journal Article
T1 Binge drinking trajectory and neuropsychological functioning among university students: A longitudinal study
A1 Mota Miranda, Nayara Graciella
A1 Parada Iglesias, María
A1 Crego Barreiro, Manuel Alberto
A1 Doallo Pesado, Sonia
A1 Caamaño Isorna, Francisco
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
K1 Binge drinking
K1 Alcohol
K1 Adolescence
K1 Executive
K1 Memory
AB BackgroundAdolescence is a time of considerable neurodevelopment. Binge drinking (BD) during this period increases the vulnerability to its neurotoxic effects. This longitudinal study aimed to investigate the relationship between BD trajectory over university years and neuropsychological functioning.MethodsCohort-study. Two-year follow-up. A total of 89 university students were assessed: 40 Non-BD (at Initial and Follow-up), 16 Ex-BD (BD at Initial but not at Follow-up) and 33 BD (at both times). Neuropsychological assessment of working memory, episodic memory and executive abilities was carried out during their first (Initial) and third (Follow-up) academic year at the University of Santiago de Compostela.ResultsBD subjects performed less well on the Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III) Logical Memory Subtest (immediate theme recall, P = .034; delayed theme recall, P = .037; and percent retention, P = .035) and committed more perseverative errors on the Self-Ordered Pointing Task (SOPT) (P = .021) than Non-BD. There were no differences between Ex-BD and Non-BD.ConclusionsBinge drinking trajectory during adolescence is associated with neuropsychological performance. Persistent BD, but not Ex-BD, is associated with verbal memory and monitoring difficulties. This is compatible with the hypothesis that heavy alcohol use during adolescence may affect cognitive functions that rely on the temporomesial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
PB Elsevier
SN 0376-8716
YR 2013
FD 2013-11-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16874
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16874
LA eng
NO Mota, N., Parada, M., Crego, A., Doallo, S., Caamaño-Isorna, F., & Rodríguez Holguín, S. et al. (2013). Binge drinking trajectory and neuropsychological functioning among university students: A longitudinal study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, 133(1), 108-114. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.05.024
NO This is the accepted manuscript of the following article:Mota, N., Parada, M., Crego, A., Doallo, S., Caamaño-Isorna, F., & Rodríguez Holguín, S. et al.(2013). Binge drinking trajectory and neuropsychological functioning among university students: A longitudinal study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, 133(1), 108-114. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.05.024
NO Funding for this study was provided by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Xunta de Galicia of Spain; they had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication
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