2022
Rejection Distress Suppresses Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Borderline Personality Disorder
Fertuck E, Stanley B, Kleshchova O, Mann J, Hirsch J, Ochsner K, Pilkonis P, Erbe J, Grinband J. Rejection Distress Suppresses Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Borderline Personality Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2022, 8: 651-659. PMID: 36868964, PMCID: PMC10388534, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBorderline personality disorderRejection distressFunctional magnetic resonancePrefrontal cortex responsesCortex responsesPrefrontal cortexPersonality disorderControl participantsWhole-brain responsesNeural responsesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingMedial prefrontal cortexHealthy control participantsUnivariate analysisMagnetic resonanceBPD groupResonance imagingNovel functional magnetic resonanceGroup differencesRostromedial prefrontal cortexNeural substratesBrain activityDistressNeural mechanisms
2018
Trustworthiness appraisal deficits in borderline personality disorder are associated with prefrontal cortex, not amygdala, impairment
Fertuck EA, Grinband J, Mann JJ, Hirsch J, Ochsner K, Pilkonis P, Erbe J, Stanley B. Trustworthiness appraisal deficits in borderline personality disorder are associated with prefrontal cortex, not amygdala, impairment. NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 21: 101616. PMID: 30639176, PMCID: PMC6411618, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.101616.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Brain activity classifies adolescents with and without a familial history of substance use disorders
Qiao J, Wang Z, Geronazzo-Alman L, Amsel L, Duarte C, Lee S, Musa G, Long J, He X, Doan T, Hirsch J, Hoven CW. Brain activity classifies adolescents with and without a familial history of substance use disorders. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2015, 9: 219. PMID: 25954186, PMCID: PMC4406072, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnterior cingulate cortexSubstance use disordersPrefrontal cortexEmotional conflictBrain circuitsEmotional Stroop taskPotential neurobiological mechanismsFunctional magnetic resonanceUse disordersGroup-level analysisStroop taskVentral tegmental areaNeural substratesCognitive behaviorNeurobiological mechanismsBrain activityEffective connectivityEndophenotype markersCingulate cortexBrain featuresGranger causality indexWeak connectivityFH- adolescentsAdolescentsCausal interactions
2013
Shared space, separate processes: Neural activation patterns for auditory description and visual object naming in healthy adults
Hamberger MJ, Habeck CG, Pantazatos SP, Williams AC, Hirsch J. Shared space, separate processes: Neural activation patterns for auditory description and visual object naming in healthy adults. Human Brain Mapping 2013, 35: 2507-2520. PMID: 23918095, PMCID: PMC4091775, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual namingVisual objectsAuditory descriptionActivation patternsPosterior temporal activationNeural activation patternsCommon neural substrateTask-related differencesTask-specific regionsPosterior temporal regionsAnterior temporal cortexTypes of tasksCortical stimulation studiesTemporo-parietal regionsTemporal lobe epilepsy patientsHealthy adultsCognitive scientistsStandard univariate analysisNeural processesNeural substratesFunctional neuroimagingCerebral organizationTask specificityTemporal cortexLeft posterior
2010
A translational bridge between mouse and human models of learned safety
Pollak DD, Rogan MT, Egner T, Perez DL, Yanagihara TK, Hirsch J. A translational bridge between mouse and human models of learned safety. Annals Of Medicine 2010, 42: 127-134. PMID: 20121549, DOI: 10.3109/07853890903583666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexNeural circuitryPrefrontal cortexAnimal experimentsTranslational bridgeFunctional magnetic resonanceParallel groupSafety signalsPupillary constrictionNoxious stimuliUnderlying neural circuitryHuman studiesExperimental animalsHuman modelNeural connectionsAnimal protocolsMiceCaudate responseNeutral stimuliNeural responsesNeural substratesDiffusion tensorAmygdalaCortexMolecular mechanisms
2005
Where Memory Meets Attention: Neural Substrates of Negative Priming
Egner T, Hirsch J. Where Memory Meets Attention: Neural Substrates of Negative Priming. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2005, 17: 1774-1784. PMID: 16269113, DOI: 10.1162/089892905774589226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic retrievalNegative primingStimulus featuresColor-naming Stroop taskRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexEpisodic memory retrievalSelective attention performanceMemory retrieval functionsEvent-related fMRICurrent target stimulusSelective attention systemNegative priming effectDorsolateral prefrontal cortexStroop taskAttention systemDistractor stimuliMemory retrievalAttention performanceNeurophysiological predictionsTarget stimuliStimulus informationNeural substratesNeural responsesTheoretical accountsPriming effectHuman Cortical Specialization for Food: a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation 1
St-Onge MP, Sy M, Heymsfield SB, Hirsch J. Human Cortical Specialization for Food: a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation 1. Journal Of Nutrition 2005, 135: 1014-1018. PMID: 15867274, DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNonfood itemsFood-related stimuliSuperior temporal gyrusAppreciation of foodFood-related behaviorsRight-handed manVisual foodNeural substratesCortical specializationSpecific sensory stimuliTemporal gyrusPresentation of foodCognitive functionAnterior cingulateSensory stimuliNeural systemsParahippocampal gyrusCortical responsesCortical pathwaysBrain regionsNonfoodGyrusStimuliItemsIntentional false responding shares neural substrates with response conflict and cognitive control
Nuñez JM, Casey BJ, Egner T, Hare T, Hirsch J. Intentional false responding shares neural substrates with response conflict and cognitive control. NeuroImage 2005, 25: 267-277. PMID: 15734361, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.10.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultArousalAutobiographies as TopicBrainCaudate NucleusConflict, PsychologicalDeceptionDominance, CerebralFemaleGyrus CinguliHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIntentionInternal-External ControlMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNerve NetNeural InhibitionParietal LobePersonality InventoryPrefrontal CortexReaction TimeTemporal LobeThalamic NucleiConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexCognitive controlResponse conflictAnterior cingulate cortexPsychopathic Personality InventoryCingulate cortexSelf-report personality measuresSelf-relevant stimuliFalse responsesAmount of conflictPosterior cingulate cortexResponse inhibitionNeural substratesCaudate activityMesial prefrontalNeural effectsPersonality measuresCognitive functionPersonal relevancePrefrontal cortexAnterior cingulateNeural activityAutobiographical responsesProcess of interferenceResponse conditionsThe 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