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

Biological Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-24

  Smith, Ryan ^a,b   Allen, John J B ^b   Thayer, Julian F ^c   Lane, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Depression; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Heart rate variability; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS NERVE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; CINGULATE GYRUS; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84925427873     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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