2013
Prolonged hemodynamic response during incidental facial emotion processing in inter-episode bipolar I disorder
Rosenfeld ES, Pearlson GD, Sweeney JA, Tamminga CA, Keshavan MS, Nonterah C, Stevens MC. Prolonged hemodynamic response during incidental facial emotion processing in inter-episode bipolar I disorder. Brain Imaging And Behavior 2013, 8: 73-86. PMID: 23975275, PMCID: PMC3944373, DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9246-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFMRI studyDorsolateral prefrontal cortex responsesAutomatic emotion regulationAffectively salient stimuliFacial emotion processingGender discrimination taskBrain regionsRemitted bipolar disorderPrefrontal cortex responsesResidual mood symptomsPrefrontal cortex regionsDiagnostic group differencesVentromedial prefrontal cortex regionsCortex brain regionsAngry expressionsEmotion regulationEmotion processingEmotional processingBrain activationTask performanceHemodynamic responseEmotional reactionsBipolar disorderBipolar IPrefrontal cortex
2012
Exposure therapy, D-cycloserine, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with snake phobia: a randomized pilot study.
Nave AM, Tolin DF, Stevens MC. Exposure therapy, D-cycloserine, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with snake phobia: a randomized pilot study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2012, 73: 1179-86. PMID: 23059145, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.11m07564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure therapyD-cycloserinePhobic stimuliSnake phobiaFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) taskRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal brain activationPrefrontal cortex responsesD-cycloserine augmentationAnterior cingulate activationFunctional magnetic resonanceDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHuman brain functionDifferent neural pathwaysFear extinctionSnake stimuliExposure hierarchyNeural substratesBrain activationCingulate activationNeural responsesEmotional learningPrefrontal cortexCortex responsesPerigenual cingulate