2024
Magnetic resonance imaging of regional gray matter volume in persons who died by suicide
Deininger-Czermak E, Spencer L, Zoelch N, Sankar A, Gascho D, Guggenberger R, Mathieu S, Thali M, Blumberg H. Magnetic resonance imaging of regional gray matter volume in persons who died by suicide. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-5. PMID: 39237718, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02730-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGray matter volumeMatter volumeBrain regionsIn vivo neuroimaging researchRegional gray matter volumeGray matter volume measurementsBrain voxel-based analysisStudy of suicideEmotion regulationNeuroimaging researchSuicide attemptsSelf-perceptionSuicideCompare personsMagnetic resonance imagingSuicide deathsPersonsBrainAmygdalaInsulaStriatumNeuroimagingMotivationIndividualsHypothesis
2020
Altered frontal cortex functioning in emotion regulation and hopelessness in bipolar disorder
Sankar A, Purves K, Colic L, Lippard ETC, Millard H, Fan S, Spencer L, Wang F, Pittman B, Constable RT, Gross JJ, Blumberg HP. Altered frontal cortex functioning in emotion regulation and hopelessness in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders 2020, 23: 152-164. PMID: 32521570, PMCID: PMC7790437, DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExplicit emotion regulationEmotion regulationBrain responsesMood statesDorsal anterior cingulate cortexEmotion regulation difficultiesHappy facial stimuliFrontal cortex functioningDorsal frontal regionsBipolar disorderAcute mood symptomsAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional MRI dataMajor suicide risk factorsNegative affective symptomsEuthymic mood stateRegional brain responsesFacial stimuliRegulation difficultiesFrontal engagementMOFC responseNegative emotionsLoss of motivationDiminished motivationEuthymic individuals
2019
A preliminary study of association between adolescent estradiol level and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity during emotion regulation
Chung YS, Poppe A, Novotny S, Epperson CN, Kober H, Granger DA, Blumberg HP, Ochsner K, Gross JJ, Pearlson G, Stevens MC. A preliminary study of association between adolescent estradiol level and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity during emotion regulation. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019, 109: 104398. PMID: 31394491, PMCID: PMC6842698, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexNegative emotionsDLPFC activityDorsolateral prefrontal cortex activityHuman functional neuroimaging studiesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPrefrontal cortex activityFunctional neuroimaging studiesCognitive reappraisalCognitive controlEmotion regulationCognitive processingCognitive processesCognitive strategiesEmotional experienceDLPFC functionNeuroimaging studiesDLPFC regionCortex activityEstradiol's rolePrefrontal cortexCortical systemsEmotionsAdolescent girlsActive attempts