期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
卷 48, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100920
关键词
Socioeconomic status; Child poverty; Adolescent depression; Reward learning; Decision-making; Prefrontal cortex
资金
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [RO1-HD054805, T32-HD007376, P30-DA023026]
- National Institute of Drug Abuse
Research shows that lower family income during childhood is associated with increased rates of adolescent depression. Individuals with depression exhibit hypoactivation in brain regions involved in reward learning and decision-making processes. This suggests a link between lower family income and disruptions in reward and decision-making brain circuitry contributing to adolescent depression.
Lower family income during childhood is related to increased rates of adolescent depression, though the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Evidence suggests that individuals with depression demonstrate hypoactivation in brain regions involved in reward learning and decision-making processes (e.g., portions of the prefrontal cortex). Separately, lower family income has been associated with neural alterations in similar regions. Motivated by this research, we examined associations between family income, depression, and brain activity during a reward learning and decision-making fMRI task in a sample of adolescents (full n = 94; usable n = 78; mean age = 15.2 years). We focused on brain activity for: 1) expected value (EV), the learned subjective value of an object, and 2) prediction error, the difference between EV and the actual outcome received. Regions of interest related to reward learning were examined in connection to childhood family income and parent-reported adolescent depressive symptoms. As hypothesized, lower activity in the subgenual anterior cingulate (sACC) for EV in response to approach stimuli was associated with lower childhood family income, as well as greater symptoms of depression measured one-year after the neuroimaging session. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that lower early family income leads to disruptions in reward and decision-making brain circuitry, contributing to adolescent depression.
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