Sustained anterior cingulate cortex activation during reward processing predicts response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 204-212

  Carl, Hannah ^a   Walsh, Erin ^b   Eisenlohr Moul, Tory ^b   Minkel, Jared ^b,c   Crowther, Andrew ^b   Moore, Tyler ^b   Gibbs, Devin ^b   Petty, Chris ^c   Bizzell, Josh ^b,c   Dichter, Gabriel S ^b,c   Smoski, Moria J ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Major depressive disorder; Nucleus accumbens; Psychotherapy; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINGULATE GYRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REWARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84973866024     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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