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JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 432-441Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.05.004
Keywords
Mania; fMRI; Response inhibition; Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex; Bipolar disorder
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Mania has been frequently associated with impaired inhibitory control. The present study aimed to identify brain functional abnormalities specifically related to motor response inhibition in mania by using event-related fMRI in combination with a Go/NoGo task designed to control for extraneous cognitive processes involved in task performance. Sixteen manic patients and 16 healthy subjects, group-matched for age and sex, were imaged while performing a warned equiprobable Go/NoGo task during event-related fMRI. Between-group differences in brain activation associated with motor response inhibition were assessed using analyses of covariance. Although no significant between-group differences in task performance accuracy were observed, patients showed significantly longer response times on Go trials. After controlling for covariates, the only brain region that differentiated the two groups during motor response inhibition was the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), where activation was significantly decreased in both the right and left hemispheres in manic patients. Our data suggest that response inhibition in mania is associated with a lack of engagement of the bilateral VLPFC, which is known to play a primary role in the suppression of irrelevant responses. This result might give clues to understanding the pathophysiology of dishinhibition and impulsivity that characterize mania. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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