title: Poor response inhibition: at the nexus between substance abuse and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: The co-morbidity between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance abuse and dependence disorders may have multiple causes and consequences. In this review, we will describe neurobehavioral, genetic and animal model studies that support the notion that a common, genetically determined failure of response inhibition function is an endophenotype for both disorders. Through an impairment in the ability to cognitively control pre-potent behaviors, subjects can exhibit a collection of ADHD-like traits (impulsivity and hyperactivity), as well as susceptibility for the initiation of drug taking and its ultimate progression to an inflexible, uncontrollable form. At the neural level, dysfunction within circuitry that includes the ventrolateral frontal and cingulate cortices, as well as in associated basal ganglia zones, contributes to a common pattern of behavioral impairment, explaining aspects of co-morbidity. Animal models of substance abuse/dependence and ADHD that exhibit deficits in response inhibition have substantiated the role of this endophenotype in both disorders and their co-morbidity and should provide a testing ground for interventions targeting it. New directions for research that will further explore this hypothesis and begin to reveal the underlying biological mechanisms will be proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Groman
authors.forename: Alex S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: J David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jentsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*
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