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
2007
Dissociable Neural Systems Resolve Conflict from Emotional versus Nonemotional Distracters
Egner T, Etkin A, Gale S, Hirsch J. Dissociable Neural Systems Resolve Conflict from Emotional versus Nonemotional Distracters. Cerebral Cortex 2007, 18: 1475-1484. PMID: 17940084, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTask-relevant stimuliEmotional distractersTask-irrelevant emotional stimuliAnterior cingulateSensory cortexTask-irrelevant stimuliLateral prefrontal cortexDorsal anterior cingulateFunctional magnetic resonanceRostral anterior cingulateCognitive controlConflict monitoringEmotional stimuliStimulus representationsAmygdalar responsesEmotional controlEnhanced processingResolve ConflictsEmotional conflictNeuroanatomical networksPrefrontal cortexDistractersResolution of conflictsBiasing mechanismHuman brain
2006
Resolving Emotional Conflict: A Role for the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Modulating Activity in the Amygdala
Etkin A, Egner T, Peraza DM, Kandel ER, Hirsch J. Resolving Emotional Conflict: A Role for the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Modulating Activity in the Amygdala. Neuron 2006, 51: 871-882. PMID: 16982430, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.07.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRostral anterior cingulate cortexAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingCingulate cortexEmotional conflictAmygdalar activityRostral cingulate cortexMagnetic resonance imagingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRostral cingulateResonance imagingPrefrontal cortexModulating activityCortexConflict taskSalient stimuliNeural activityNeural mechanismsMental functioningActivationConflictActivityAmygdala