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April 16, 2026Addiction BiologyOpen Access

Cortical Structure Alterations in Young People With Mild Internet Gaming Disorder

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BMBohui MeiLMLongyao MaQTQiuying Tao

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Overview

Examines brain structure changes in young people with Internet gaming disorder, suggesting new targets for early intervention.

Key Points

  • The study explores brain structural alterations associated with mild Internet gaming disorder in young individuals.
  • Compared MRI brain data of 64 individuals with Internet gaming disorder to 47 healthy controls.
  • Analyzed grey matter volume, cortical thickness, and cortical complexity between groups.
  • Investigated correlations between structural brain changes and clinical characteristics in IGD patients.
  • No significant differences in grey matter volume between IGD individuals and healthy controls.
  • IGD group showed right-hemisphere cortical thickening in specific brain networks.
  • Reduced cortical complexity was observed in prefrontal and occipito-parietal areas.
  • A unique pattern of thickening-complexity decoupling suggests potential neuroadaptation.

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Mei et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e07d1d2f7e8953b7cbe2ebhttps://doi.org/10.1111/adb.70154
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