Dissociable patterns of abnormal frontal cortical activation during anticipation of an uncertain reward or loss in bipolar versus major depression

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 839-854

  Chase, Henry W ^a   Nusslock, Robin ^a,b   Almeida, Jorge Rc ^a   Forbes, Erika E ^a   Labarbara, Edmund J ^a   Phillips, Mary L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Bipolar disorder; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mood disorders; Prediction error; Prefrontal cortex; Reward; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ANTICIPATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOOD DISORDERS; PREDICTION ERROR; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897100188     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12132     Document Type: Article

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