2011
Neural response to eye contact and paroxetine treatment in generalized social anxiety disorder
Schneier FR, Pomplun M, Sy M, Hirsch J. Neural response to eye contact and paroxetine treatment in generalized social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Research 2011, 194: 271-278. PMID: 22047726, PMCID: PMC3230304, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxetine treatmentInferior parietal lobuleGeneralized social anxiety disorderNeural responsesPosterior cingulateParietal lobuleAnxiety disordersGSAD patientsEye contactMiddle occipital cortexMiddle frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonanceSymptomatic improvementHealthy comparison participantsOccipital cortexSocial anxiety disorderSymptom reductionAnterior cingulatePatientsUnmedicated adultsParahippocampal cortexNeural circuitrySupramarginal gyrusFrontal gyrusCingulate
2008
Leptin reverses weight loss–induced changes in regional neural activity responses to visual food stimuli
Rosenbaum M, Sy M, Pavlovich K, Leibel RL, Hirsch J. Leptin reverses weight loss–induced changes in regional neural activity responses to visual food stimuli. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2008, 118: 2583-2591. PMID: 18568078, PMCID: PMC2430499, DOI: 10.1172/jci35055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle frontal gyrusNeural activityFood cuesFrontal gyrusFood-related visual cuesWeight lossFood intakeWeight loss-induced changesVisual food cuesVisual food stimuliMiddle temporal gyrusRelative leptin deficiencyWeight-reduced stateDaily subcutaneous injectionsBody weight maintenanceCognitive controlFood stimuliTemporal gyrusVisual cuesLeptin deficiencyObese subjectsWeight maintenanceLingual gyrusClinical managementFunctional MRI
2005
The neural correlates and functional integration of cognitive control in a Stroop task
Egner T, Hirsch J. The neural correlates and functional integration of cognitive control in a Stroop task. NeuroImage 2005, 24: 539-547. PMID: 15627596, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive controlConflict adaptationPsychophysiological interaction analysisStroop taskNeural correlatesFrontal gyrusPrefrontal cortexDistinct fronto-parietal networksEvent-related fMRI dataLow-conflict trialsHigh-conflict trialsFronto-parietal networkLateral prefrontal cortexMiddle frontal gyrusBilateral inferior frontalSuperior frontal gyrusContext-specific modulationInterference taskResponse conflictCognitive tasksConflict effectMotor processesInferior frontalNeural substratesTask performance
2001
Interconnected Large-Scale Systems for Three Fundamental Cognitive Tasks Revealed by Functional MRI
Hirsch J, Moreno D, Kim K. Interconnected Large-Scale Systems for Three Fundamental Cognitive Tasks Revealed by Functional MRI. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2001, 13: 389-405. PMID: 11371315, DOI: 10.1162/08989290151137421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior frontal gyrusMedial frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonance imagingRight precentral gyrusFrontal gyrusInferior parietal lobuleNeurocognitive systemsBA 6Brain areasPrecentral gyrusParietal lobuleArea 45Left inferior frontal gyrusWhole-brain functional magnetic resonance imagingBA 40Fundamental cognitive tasksRight inferior parietal lobuleCortical regionsSame-different discriminationLeft medial frontal gyrusMultiple sensory modalitiesBrodmann area 45Superior temporal gyrusMiddle frontal gyrusPrimary sensory processes