2024
Sex differences in the effects of individual anxiety state on regional responses to negative emotional scenes
Chaudhary S, Wong H, Chen Y, Zhang S, Li C. Sex differences in the effects of individual anxiety state on regional responses to negative emotional scenes. Biology Of Sex Differences 2024, 15: 15. PMID: 38351045, PMCID: PMC10863151, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-024-00591-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersEmotionsFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePrefrontal CortexSex CharacteristicsConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexState-Trait Anxiety InventoryFunctional magnetic resonance imagingState-Trait Anxiety Inventory scoresSuperior frontal gyrusGeneralized psychophysiological interactionEmotional processingFrontal gyrusLingual gyrusMedial prefrontal cortex connectivityMedial prefrontal cortex activationSex differencesRight inferior frontal gyrusResponse to negative emotionsRight superior frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonance imaging dataReaction timeImpact emotional processingNegative emotion processingInferior frontal gyrusLeft parahippocampal gyrusNegative emotional scenesMarkers of anxietyRepeated-measures analysis of covarianceLevels of anxiety
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
Threat bias and resting state functional connectivity of the amygdala and bed nucleus stria terminalis
Jenks SK, Zhang S, Li CR, Hu S. Threat bias and resting state functional connectivity of the amygdala and bed nucleus stria terminalis. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2019, 122: 54-63. PMID: 31927266, PMCID: PMC7010552, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.12.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsState functional connectivityStria terminalisFunctional connectivityAnxiety disordersBed nucleus stria terminalisNucleus stria terminalisAnxiety-related disordersBed nucleusClinical heterogeneityComorbid anxietyWhole brainAmygdalaIntrinsic connectivityRSFCNathan Kline Institute-Rockland SampleAnticipatory anxietyBNSTGroup differencesNeural markersDisordersPatientsTerminalisImaging resultsCurrent findings
2000
Perceptual alternation in obsessive compulsive disorder — implications for a role of the cortico-striatal circuitry in mediating awareness
Li C, Chen M, Yang Y, Chang H, Liu C, Shen S, Chen C. Perceptual alternation in obsessive compulsive disorder — implications for a role of the cortico-striatal circuitry in mediating awareness. Behavioural Brain Research 2000, 111: 61-69. PMID: 10840132, DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(00)00140-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnxiety DisordersAttentionAwarenessBrain MappingCerebral CortexCorpus StriatumDepth PerceptionFemaleFrontal LobeHumansMaleNerve NetNeural InhibitionObsessive-Compulsive DisorderOptical IllusionsOrientationPattern Recognition, VisualPerceptual DisordersReaction TimeSaccadesSynaptic TransmissionConceptsCortico-striatal circuitryPerceptual alternationsPerceptual reversalsHamilton anxiety scoreFronto-striatal circuitryPerceptual alternation ratesYale-Brown Obsessive CompulsiveGeneralized anxiety disorderEtiology of OCDNormal controlsNormal subjectsAlternative perceptsFunctional aberrationsSchröder staircaseBehavioral tasksEye fixationsAnxiety disordersObsessive-CompulsiveAnxiety scoresAlternation rateBehavioral manifestationsInhibitory functionBrain statesOCDDifferent thoughts