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Functional connectivity of reward processing in the brain

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Camara, Estela·2008·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

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Controversial results have been reported concerning the neural mechanisms involved in the processing of rewards and punishments. On the one hand, there is evidence suggesting that monetary gains and losses activate a similar fronto-subcortical network. On the other hand, results of recent studies imply that reward and punishment may engage distinct neural mechanisms. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we investigated both regional and interregional functional connectivity patterns while participants performed a gambling task featuring unexpectedly high monetary gains and losses. Classical univariate statistical analysis showed that monetary gains and losses activated a similar fronto-striatal-limbic network, in which main activation peaks were observed bilaterally in the ventral striatum. Functional connectivity analysis showed similar responses for gain and loss conditions in the insular cortex, the amygdala, and the hippocampus that correlated with the activity observed in the seed region ventral striatum, with the connectivity to the amygdala appearing more pronounced after losses. Larger functional connectivity was found to the medial orbitofrontal cortex for negative outcomes. The fact that different functional patterns were obtained with both analyses suggests that the brain activations observed in the classical univariate approach identifies the involvement of different functional networks in the current task. These results stress the importance of studying functional connectivity in addition to standard fMRI analysis in reward-related studies.

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Authors
Camara, E.
Venue
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Published
2008
Volume
2
Pages
19-19
ISSN
1662-5161 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2083053387
Cited by
141
References
83
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FWCI
4.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
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  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (TP-A5, SFB 779)
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GO0202, 01GW0551)
  • Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR2005-00831, SGR-2005)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
reward processing, punishment processing, monetary gains and losses, gambling task, functional connectivity, ventral striatum, amygdala, insula, hippocampus, medial orbitofrontal cortex, artificial neural networks

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