2011
Abnormal prefrontal activity subserving attentional control of emotion in remitted depressed patients during a working memory task with emotional distracters
Kerestes R, Ladouceur CD, Meda S, Nathan PJ, Blumberg HP, Maloney K, Ruf B, Saricicek A, Pearlson GD, Bhagwagar Z, Phillips ML. Abnormal prefrontal activity subserving attentional control of emotion in remitted depressed patients during a working memory task with emotional distracters. Psychological Medicine 2011, 42: 29-40. PMID: 21733287, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291711001097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentrolateral prefrontal cortexNegative emotional informationFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEmotional distractersAttentional controlEmotional informationMemory taskMemory loadEmotional Face N-Back (EFNBACK) taskOrbitofrontal cortexNegative emotional distractersN-back taskInterface of cognitionAccurate task performanceKey neural circuitsBlood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imagingRMDD patientsLevel-dependent functional magnetic resonance imagingAttentional biasesFacial emotionsEmotion processingDepressed patientsDistracter stimuliTrait-like abnormalitiesRight DLPFC
2009
A Novel Paradigm for Examining the Interfering Effects of Emotional Distracters During a Working Memory Task: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study
Kerestes R, Ladouceur C, Meda S, Blumberg H, Nathan P, Maloney K, Ruf B, Saricicek A, Hu J, Pearlson G, Bhagwagar Z, Phillips M. A Novel Paradigm for Examining the Interfering Effects of Emotional Distracters During a Working Memory Task: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study. NeuroImage 2009, 47: s191. DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(09)72145-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research