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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlates of Emotional Word Encoding and Recognition in Depression and Anxiety Disorders

van Tol, Marie-José, Demenescu, Liliana R., van der Wee, Nic J.A., Kortekaas, Rudie, Marjan M.A., Nielen, Boer, J.A. Den, Renken, Remco J., van Buchem, Mark A. +3 more·2012·Biological Psychiatry

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Background Major depressive disorder (MDD), panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder are among the most prevalent and frequently co-occurring psychiatric disorders in adults and may be characterized by a common deficiency in processing of emotional information.Methods We used functional magnetic resonance imaging during the performance of an emotional word encoding and recognition paradigm in patients with MDD (n = 51), comorbid MDD and anxiety (n = 59), panic disorder and/or social anxiety disorder without comorbid MDD (n = 56), and control subjects (n = 49). In addition, we studied effects of illness severity, regional brain volume, and antidepressant use.Results Patients with MDD, prevalent anxiety disorders, or both showed a common hyporesponse in the right hippocampus during positive (>neutral) word encoding compared with control subjects. During negative encoding, increased insular activation was observed in both depressed groups (MDD and MDD + anxiety), whereas increased amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex activation during positive word encoding were observed as depressive state-dependent effects in MDD only. During recognition, anxiety patients showed increased inferior frontal gyrus activation. Overall, effects were unaffected by medication use and regional brain volume.Conclusions Hippocampal blunting during positive word encoding is a generic effect in depression and anxiety disorders, which may constitute a common vulnerability factor. Increased insular and amygdalar involvement during negative word encoding may underlie heightened experience of, and an inability to disengage from, negative emotions in depressive disorders. Our results emphasize a common neurobiological deficiency in both MDD and anxiety disorders, which may mark a general insensitiveness to positive information.

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  • Depression and anxiety in humans result in part from hypo-activation and reduced volume of frontal cortical and hippocampal regions that control subcortical structures such as NAc and amygdala, although hyper-activation of certain PFC regions is also involved.

    “Numerous studies suggest that depression and anxiety in humans result in part from hypo–activation and reduced volume of frontal cortical and hipppocampal regions that control subcortical structures such as nucleus accumbens (NAc) and amygdala, although hyper–activation of certain PFC regions (e.g., subgenual area of anterior cingulate cortex) is also involved58–61.”

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van Tol, M.-J., Demenescu, L. R., van der Wee, N. J. A., Kortekaas, R., Marjan M.A., N., Boer, J. A. D., Renken, R. J., van Buchem, M. A., Zitman, F. G., Aleman, A., & Veltman, D. J.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-04
Volume
71
Issue
7
Pages
593-602
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2103406867
Cited by
105
References
73
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FWCI
13.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
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  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
Geestkracht program of the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (10-000-1002)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
major depressive disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, emotional word recognition, insula, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, inferior frontal gyrus, comorbidities, negative emotion processing, state-dependent effects, antidepressant use, regional brain volume
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychomotor Performance, Severity of Illness Index, Case-Control Studies, Panic Disorder, Recognition, Psychology, Functional Neuroimaging

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