2023
Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing
Chaudhary S, Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Chen Y, Chao H, Li C. Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing. NeuroImage 2023, 276: 120207. PMID: 37263454, PMCID: PMC10330646, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFaster reaction timesNegative emotionsAge-related declineEmotional stimuliTrait anxietyAge-related reductionReaction timeEmotion regulation literatureSalient emotional stimuliPositive emotional stimuliFacial emotion processingPrefrontal cortical responsesRostral anterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain regressionAnterior cingulate activityDefault mode networkAnterior cingulate cortexEmotion regulationNeural evidenceEmotion processingDorsolateral PFCStimulus registrationDiminished anxietyPsychophysiological interactionEmotional circuits
2019
Heart Rate Variability, Cue-Evoked Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortical Response, and Problem Alcohol Use in Adult Drinkers
Wang W, Zhornitsky S, Le TM, Zhang S, Li CR. Heart Rate Variability, Cue-Evoked Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortical Response, and Problem Alcohol Use in Adult Drinkers. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2019, 5: 619-628. PMID: 32061544, PMCID: PMC7286768, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestProblem alcohol useHeart rate variabilityCue exposureAlcohol useAUDIT scoresAutonomic responsesRate variabilityNeutral cue exposureCue exposure paradigmDisorders Identification TestAlcohol cue exposurePrefrontal cortical responsesVentromedial prefrontal cortex activityAlcohol drinkersPrefrontal cortex activityHigher RMSSDCortical responsesParasympathetic responseAlcohol cravingAlcohol misuseVentromedial prefrontal cortexExposure paradigmCortex activityMediation analysisConcurrent amygdalar and ventromedial prefrontal cortical responses during emotion processing: a meta-analysis of the effects of valence of emotion and passive exposure versus active regulation
Yang M, Tsai SJ, Li CR. Concurrent amygdalar and ventromedial prefrontal cortical responses during emotion processing: a meta-analysis of the effects of valence of emotion and passive exposure versus active regulation. Brain Structure And Function 2019, 225: 345-363. PMID: 31863185, PMCID: PMC6960357, DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-02007-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActivation likelihood estimationPassive exposureAmygdala activityNegative emotionsRight amygdala activityEmotion processingPosterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain analysisPrefrontal cortical responsesCortical responsesLeft amygdalaCingulate cortexVentromedial prefrontal cortexBilateral amygdalaVentral striatumPrefrontal cortexConvergent activityAmygdalaVentral precuneusEffects of valenceCortexExposureVmPFCPositive emotionsVmPFC responses