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Adolescents with major depression demonstrate increased amygdala activation

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Yang, Tony T., Simmons, Alan N., Matthews, Scott C., Tapert, Susan F., Frank, Guido K., Max, Jeffrey E., Bischoff-Grethe, Amanda, Lansing, Amy E. +4 more·2010·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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  • In the RDoC matrix, generalized and social anxiety and depression symptomatology are linked to dysfunction in the same neurocircuitry, such as sustained limbic hyperreactivity and reduced adaptive flexibility of the default mode network (DMN).

    “In the RDoC matrix, it is also evident that generalized and social anxiety and depression symptomatology are linked to dysfunction in the same neurocircuitry, such as sustained limbic hyperreactivity (18–20) and reduced adaptive flexibility of the default mode network (DMN) (20–22).”

    From Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a novel RDoC-based treatment program for adolescent depression: "Training for Awareness Resilience and Action" (TARA)-A pilot study (2017) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports heightened amygdala activation in adolescents with depression and discusses similar findings in adolescents with anxiety, including generalized anxiety disorder. It also says amygdala responses vary with the attention condition, so it does not establish sustained hyperreactivity. The cited passages do not address social anxiety specifically or reduced adaptive flexibility of the default mode network. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Depressed adolescents demonstrate increased hyperactivation of the amygdala and aberrant functional connectivity between the amygdala and other emotional regulation areas.

    “Previous and current fMRI studies from our group and others consistently show that depressed adolescents demonstrate increased hyperactivation of the amygdala, a key limbic structure involved in emotion generative processing (18) and aberrant functional connectivity between the amygdala and other emotional regulation areas (19, 23, 24).”

    From Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a novel RDoC-based treatment program for adolescent depression: "Training for Awareness Resilience and Action" (TARA)-A pilot study (2017) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Abstract Results and Discussion report significantly greater left amygdala activation in depressed adolescents than in controls. The paper also reports greater ACC activation, but not aberrant functional connectivity between the amygdala and emotion-regulation areas. Its Abstract Conclusions note that earlier pediatric fMRI studies had mixed findings, so it does not support the claim that studies consistently show amygdala hyperactivation. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Yang, T. T., Simmons, A. N., Matthews, S. C., Tapert, S. F., Frank, G. K., Max, J. E., Bischoff-Grethe, A., Lansing, A. E., Brown, G., Strigo, I. A., Wu, J., & Paulus, M. P.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Colorado Denver (US)
Corresponding author
Yang, Tony T.
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-01
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
42-51
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2163349072
Cited by
176
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  • National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH70791, K23MH070791, K23MH080135)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
adolescent depression, major depressive disorder, amygdala activation, amygdala hyperactivity, facial emotion recognition, emotional processing
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Amygdala, Brain Mapping, Major Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Major, Dominance, Cerebral, Emotions, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Reference Values

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