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fMRI BOLD responses to negative stimuli in the prefrontal cortex are dependent on levels of recent negative life stress in major depressive disorder

Journal

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
Volume 183, Issue 3, Pages 202-208

Publisher

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.12.002

Keywords

Orbital; Subgenual; Ventrolateral; Accumbens; Memory; Depression

Funding

  1. NARSAD [P01 MH 42251]
  2. Phil F. Jenkins Foundation
  3. Postdoctoral Translational Scholars Program [UL1RR024986]
  4. KL2 Career Development Award [RR024987]
  5. K23 Award [MH074459]
  6. Research Scientist Development Award [NIDA K-01]

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It is poorly understood how stressors modulate neurobiological mechanisms that may contribute to the heterogeneity of major depressive disorder (MDD). Unmedicated patients diagnosed with MOD (n = 15) and individually matched healthy controls (n = 15) completed stress questionnaires and were studied with functional magnetic resonance imaging while viewing emotional words. Significant effects of recent negative life stressors, but not early life stress/trauma, were observed on regional blood oxygen level dependent activity during presentation of negative words in patients with MDD. No significant effects of stress on brain activation to negative words were found in controls. In MDD patients, positive correlations were found bilaterally in orbitofrontal areas 11 1/47/12 m, which are involved in representing negatively valenced stimuli. Negative correlations were also found in the right ventrolateral prefrontal area 45, subgenual cingulate area 25, and nucleus accumbens, all of which are implicated in the pathophysiology of MDD. Negative memory bias was additionally positively associated with recent negative life stress and negatively associated with subgenual cingulate activation, suggesting a mechanism by which stress may contribute to these abnormalities. The severity of recent negative life stressors is an important modifier of neurobiological and cognitive function in MOD and may help explain heterogeneity in the disorder. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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