2024
Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task
Edgar E, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza M, Mayes L, Crowley M. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain And Cognition 2024, 180: 106209. PMID: 39137602, PMCID: PMC11371477, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of social anxietySocially anxious youthSocial anxietyAnxious youthAvoidance taskSocial Phobia and Anxiety InventoryLow levels of social anxietyRisk avoidanceNeural correlatesAvoidance conditioningSuccessful avoidanceTheta dynamicsAnxiety InventoryTheta powerBehavioral correlatesAnxietyTheta responseFRNAdolescentsAvoidanceConcurrent electroencephalographySlow-waveYouthOscillatory dynamicsTaskrTMS effects on urges and severity of tobacco use disorder operate independently of a retrieval-extinction component and involve frontal-striatal pathways
Li S, Ma X, Chen H, Wang M, Zheng Y, Yang B, Ni H, Potenza M, Dong G. rTMS effects on urges and severity of tobacco use disorder operate independently of a retrieval-extinction component and involve frontal-striatal pathways. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 349: 21-31. PMID: 38190858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationSmoking cravingFunctional connectivityTobacco use disorderBrain regionsRetrieval-extinction procedureLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexSimilar neural correlatesFrontal-striatal pathwaysStandard repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationUse disordersMedial frontal gyrusIncreased functional connectivitySham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationExecutive controlSmoking cuesNeural correlatesTranscranial magnetic stimulationBrain responsesFrontal gyrusGreater activationLess activationSmoking urgesBilateral insula
2022
Neural activations to loss anticipation mediates the association between difficulties in emotion regulation and screen media activities among early adolescent youth: A moderating role for depression
Zhang J, Zhou N, Song K, Zou B, Xu L, Fu Y, Geng X, Wang Z, Li X, Potenza M, Nan Y, Zhang J. Neural activations to loss anticipation mediates the association between difficulties in emotion regulation and screen media activities among early adolescent youth: A moderating role for depression. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2022, 58: 101186. PMID: 36516611, PMCID: PMC9764194, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReward/loss processingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexProcessing of emotionsScreen media activitiesAnterior insulaLoss processingEmotion regulationBrain activationRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexMonetary incentive delay taskDepressive symptomsNegative emotional situationsEarly adolescent youthIncentive delay taskNegative emotional statesLeft anterior insulaPotential mediating factorsAI activationNeural correlatesFMRI scanningDelay taskEmotional situationsEmotional statesLoss anticipationMediation model
2019
Neural Correlates of Personalized Spiritual Experiences
Miller L, Balodis IM, McClintock CH, Xu J, Lacadie CM, Sinha R, Potenza MN. Neural Correlates of Personalized Spiritual Experiences. Cerebral Cortex 2019, 29: 2331-2338. PMID: 29846531, PMCID: PMC6519691, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior parietal lobuleNeural correlatesNeural mechanismsSpiritual experiencesLeft inferior parietal lobuleUnderlying neural mechanismsPerceptual processingEmotional processingSense of unionBrain correlatesParietal lobuleStress cuesCuesCorrelatesReduced activitySelfExperienceHuman beingsProcessingMedial thalamusTaskSpiritual conditionSenseDifferent traditionsCaudate