2019
How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence
McClintock C, Worhunsky P, Balodis I, Sinha R, Miller L, Potenza M. How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2019, 6: 253-262. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-019-00195-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain mechanismsStress processingSelf-referential processingFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataPotential brain mechanismsSpecific brain mechanismsImportant resilience factorMental disordersPreliminary fMRI dataStress-related psychopathologyMechanisms of psychopathologyDefault mode networkStress-related mental disordersCognitive processingNeurobiological evidenceNeural mechanismsNeural responsesNeuroscientific researchResilience factorsMagnetic resonance imaging dataNeural circuitryFMRI dataStress responsivityBrain regionsAcute stress
2013
Cumulative Adversity Sensitizes Neural Response to Acute Stress: Association with Health Symptoms
Seo D, Tsou KA, Ansell EB, Potenza MN, Sinha R. Cumulative Adversity Sensitizes Neural Response to Acute Stress: Association with Health Symptoms. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, 39: 670-680. PMID: 24051900, PMCID: PMC3895244, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial orbitofrontal cortexAdverse health symptomsStress-induced activityHealth symptomsOrbitofrontal cortexCumulative adversityAcute stressMagnetic resonance imaging resultsAdverse health outcomesNeural responsesCornell Medical IndexFunctional magnetic resonance imaging resultsHigh-Ca groupRight hippocampusRight amygdalaHealthy individualsCA groupHealth outcomesMedical IndexLateral prefrontal cortexSignificant associationSymptomsHealth consequencesPrefrontal cortexTemporal regions