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Altered functional connectivity between medial prefrontal cortex and the inferior brainstem in major depression during appraisal of subjective emotional responses: a preliminary study

Smith, Ryan, Allen, John J.B., Thayer, Julian F., Lane, Richard D.·2015·Biological Psychology

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Objective We tested the hypothesis that reduced rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC)-subcortical functional connectivity in depressed subjects might account for depression-related autonomic dysregulation.Methods Ten healthy and ten depressed subjects categorized their immediate subjective emotional responses to picture sets while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging and electrocardiography. Using an rACC cluster commonly activated in both groups by emotion categorization as a seed region, we then performed voxel-wise functional connectivity analyses to examine rACC connectivity across the brain in depressed and control subjects.Results rACC had significantly stronger connectivity with a region of the inferior pons in controls than in depressed subjects. Within-subjects differences in rACC-pons connectivity also significantly correlated with measures of both heart rate variability and depression severity.Conclusions These findings support the hypothesis that autonomic dysregulation in depression may be associated with a functional disconnection between rACC and autonomic brainstem nuclei.

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Authors
Smith, R., Allen, J. J. B., Thayer, J. F., & Lane, R. D.
Affiliations
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Smith, Ryan
Venue
Biological Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-05
Volume
108
Pages
13-24
ISSN
0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1981153636
Cited by
49
References
88
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Mental Health Research (2005-MF-116)
  • Arizona Biomedical Research Commission (0728)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
major depressive disorder, rostral anterior cingulate cortex, functional connectivity, brainstem, autonomic dysfunction, heart rate variability, subjective emotional responses, emotion classification, depression severity
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain Stem, Major Depressive Disorder, Electrocardiography, Emotions, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Vagus Nerve, Prefrontal Cortex

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