1
|
Zhang P, Guo Y, Qiao Y, Yan N, Zhang Y, Ren W, Zhang S, Wu D. Acute Alcohol Intake Affects Internal Additive Noise and the Perceptual Template in Visual Perception. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:873671. [PMID: 35645717 PMCID: PMC9136069 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.873671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
A reduction in visual performance is among the serious consequences of acute alcohol intake. Contrast sensitivity (CS) is a fundamental feature of visual function. Here, we investigated the negative effect of a moderate dose of alcohol on CS across a wide range of spatial frequencies and with multiple levels of external noise and clarified the corresponding mechanisms in the context of a perceptual template model (PTM). To avoid the effect of alcohol washout, a quick contrast sensitivity function (qCSF) method was used to assess the visual performance of subjects before and 30 min after a moderate dose of alcohol intake. We found that (1) CS was significantly disrupted by acute alcohol intake; (2) alcohol-induced CS loss was dependent on spatial frequency and external noise; and (3) increased internal additive noise and an impaired perceptual template accounted for alcohol-induced CS loss. These results help us better understand the negative effect of alcohol consumption and provide guidance for driver safety studies.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Pan Zhang
- Department of Psychology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
| | - Yeshuo Guo
- Department of Psychology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
| | - Yuxin Qiao
- Department of Psychology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
| | - Nan Yan
- Department of Psychology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
| | - Yajing Zhang
- Department of Psychology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
| | - Weicong Ren
- Department of Psychology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
| | - Shilei Zhang
- Huihua College, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
- *Correspondence: Shilei Zhang,
| | - Di Wu
- Military Medical Psychology School, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Di Wu,
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Wang H, Wang Z, Zhou Y, Tzvetanov T. Moderate Alcohol Intake Changes Visual Perception by Enhancing V1 Inhibitory Surround Interactions. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:682229. [PMID: 34290580 PMCID: PMC8287857 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.682229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Moderate alcohol consumption is considered to enhance the cortical GABA-ergic inhibitory system and it also variously affects visual perception. However, little behavioral evidence indicates changes of visual perception due to V1 modulated by alcohol intoxication. In this study, we investigated this issue by using center-surround tilt illusion (TI) as a probe of V1 inhibitory interactions, by taking into account possible higher-order effects. Participants conducted TI measures under sober, moderate alcohol intoxication, and placebo states. We found alcohol significantly increased repulsive TI effect and weakened orientation discrimination performance, which is consistent with the increase of lateral inhibition between orientation sensitive V1 neurons caused by alcohol intoxication. We also observed no visible changes in the data for global orientation processing but a presence of global attentional modulation. Thus, our results provide psychophysics evidence that alcohol changed V1 processing, which affects visual perception of contextual stimuli.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Huan Wang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - Zhengchun Wang
- The Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
| | - Yifeng Zhou
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
| | - Tzvetomir Tzvetanov
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Affective Computing and Advanced Intelligent Machine, School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China.,NEUROPSYPHY Tzvetomir TZVETANOV EIRL, Horbourg-Wihr, France
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Casares-López M, Castro-Torres JJ, Ortiz-Peregrina S, Martino F, Ortiz C. Changes in Visual Performance under the Effects of Moderate-High Alcohol Consumption: The Influence of Biological Sex. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:6790. [PMID: 34202674 PMCID: PMC8297204 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18136790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in visual functions under the effects of moderate-high breath alcohol concentrations (BrACs), and the influence of biological sex on visual deterioration, considering different factors. A total of 37 healthy habitual alcohol users were enrolled in the experiment. The participants underwent a baseline session and a second session after an intake of 450 mL of red wine, so that all of them reached a BrAC above 0.25 mg/L. Visual performance was assessed by measuring the contrast sensitivity function, the halo perception, the stereopsis, and finally the retinal image quality. A Visual Deterioration Score (VDS) was calculated using the deterioration of these visual variables. All visual functions analyzed were significantly impaired following alcohol consumption (p < 0.05). The VDS was associated with the BrAC (ρ = -0.476). The VDS was also significantly higher in females, with the BrAC having a significant effect on the variability of the VDS in males and females (p < 0.05). However, the body mass index showed no significant effect (p > 0.05). Visual functions were significantly impaired under the influence of alcohol, and this deterioration was greater in females. The deterioration depends on the BrAC reached, being the primary thing responsible for the differences observed between males and females.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Miriam Casares-López
- Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Facultad de Ciencias (Edificio Mecenas), University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain; (S.O.-P.); (F.M.); (C.O.)
| | - José J. Castro-Torres
- Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Facultad de Ciencias (Edificio Mecenas), University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain; (S.O.-P.); (F.M.); (C.O.)
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
4
|
Gao G, Yin L, Cheng J, Tao R, Liu Y, Pang L, Wang Z. Effects of Chronic Alcohol Use Disorder on the Visual Tilt Illusion. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:647615. [PMID: 34366909 PMCID: PMC8342804 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.647615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Rationale: Among the serious consequences of alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the reduced ability to process visual information. It is also generally agreed that AUD tends to occur with disturbed excitation-inhibition (EI) balance in the central nervous system. Thus, a specific visual behavioral probe could directly qualify the EI dysfunction in patients with AUD. The tilt illusion (TI) is a paradigmatic example of contextual influences on perception of central target. The phenomenon shows a characteristic dependence on the angle between the inducing surround stimulus and the central target test. For small angles, there is a repulsion effect; for larger angles, there is a smaller attraction effect. The center-surround inhibition in tilt repulsion is considered to come from spatial orientational interactions between orientation-tuned neurons in the primary visual cortex (V1), and tilt attraction is from higher-level effects of orientation processing in the visual information processing. Objectives: The present study focuses on visual spatial information processing and explores whether chronic AUD patients in abstinence period exhibited abnormal TI compared with healthy controls. Methods: The participants are 30 male volunteers (20-46 years old) divided into two groups: the study group consists of 15 clinically diagnosed AUD patients undergoing abstinence from alcohol, and the control group consists of 15 healthy volunteers. The TI consists of a center target surround with an annulus (both target and annulus are sinusoidal grating with spatial frequency = 2 cycles per degree). The visual angle between center and surround is a variable restricted to 0°, ±15°, ±30°, or ±75°. For measuring the TI, participants have to report whether the center target grating orientation tilted clockwise or counterclockwise from the internal vertical orientation by pressing corresponding keys on the computer keyboard. No feedback is provided regarding response correctness. Results: The results reveal significantly weaker tilt repulsion effect under surround orientation ±15° (p < 0.05) and higher lapse rate (attention limitation index) under all tested surround orientations (all ps < 0.05) in patients with chronic AUD compared with health controls. Conclusions: These results provide psychophysical evidence that visual perception of center-contextual stimuli is different between AUD and healthy control groups.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Guoqing Gao
- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Heifei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
| | - Liangshuang Yin
- Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital for Prison in Anhui Province, Hefei, China
| | - Jun Cheng
- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Heifei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
| | - Rui Tao
- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Heifei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
| | - Yu Liu
- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Heifei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
| | - Liangjun Pang
- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Heifei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
| | - Zhengchun Wang
- The Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Tyson TL, Feick NH, Cravalho PF, Flynn-Evans EE, Stone LS. Dose-dependent sensorimotor impairment in human ocular tracking after acute low-dose alcohol administration. J Physiol 2020; 599:1225-1242. [PMID: 33332605 PMCID: PMC7898833 DOI: 10.1113/jp280395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Key points Oculomotor behaviours are commonly used to evaluate sensorimotor disruption due to ethanol (EtOH). The current study demonstrates the dose‐dependent impairment in oculomotor and ocular behaviours across a range of ultra‐low BACs (<0.035%). Processing of target speed and direction, as well as pursuit eye movements, are significantly impaired at 0.015% BAC, suggesting impaired neural activity within brain regions associated with the visual processing of motion. Catch‐up saccades during steady visual tracking of the moving target compensate for the reduced vigour of smooth eye movements that occurs with the ingestion of low‐dose alcohol. Saccade dynamics start to become ‘sluggish’ at as low as 0.035% BAC. Pupillary light responses appear unaffected at BAC levels up to 0.065%.
Abstract Changes in oculomotor behaviours are often used as metrics of sensorimotor disruption due to ethanol (EtOH); however, previous studies have focused on deficits at blood‐alcohol concentrations (BACs) above about 0.04%. We investigated the dose dependence of the impairment in oculomotor and ocular behaviours caused by EtOH administration across a range of ultra‐low BACs (≤0.035%). We took repeated measures of oculomotor and ocular performance from sixteen participants, both pre‐ and post‐EtOH administration. To assess the neurological impacts across a wide range of brain areas and pathways, our protocol measured 21 largely independent performance metrics extracted from a range of behavioural responses ranging from ocular tracking of radial step‐ramp stimuli, to eccentric gaze holding, to pupillary responses evoked by light flashes. Our results show significant impairment of pursuit and visual motion processing at 0.015% BAC, reflecting degraded neural processing within extrastriate cortical pathways. However, catch‐up saccades largely compensate for the tracking displacement shortfall caused by low pursuit gain, although there still is significant residual retinal slip and thus degraded dynamic acuity. Furthermore, although saccades are more frequent, their dynamics are more sluggish (i.e. show lower peak velocities) starting at BAC levels as low as 0.035%. Small effects in eccentric gaze holding and no effect in pupillary response dynamics were observed at levels below 0.07%, showing the higher sensitivity of the pursuit response to very low levels of blood alcohol, under the conditions of our study. Oculomotor behaviours are commonly used to evaluate sensorimotor disruption due to ethanol (EtOH). The current study demonstrates the dose‐dependent impairment in oculomotor and ocular behaviours across a range of ultra‐low BACs (<0.035%). Processing of target speed and direction, as well as pursuit eye movements, are significantly impaired at 0.015% BAC, suggesting impaired neural activity within brain regions associated with the visual processing of motion. Catch‐up saccades during steady visual tracking of the moving target compensate for the reduced vigour of smooth eye movements that occurs with the ingestion of low‐dose alcohol. Saccade dynamics start to become ‘sluggish’ at as low as 0.035% BAC. Pupillary light responses appear unaffected at BAC levels up to 0.065%.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Terence L Tyson
- Visuomotor Control Laboratory, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
| | | | | | - Erin E Flynn-Evans
- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
| | - Leland S Stone
- Visuomotor Control Laboratory, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
| |
Collapse
|