2024
Pre-scan state anxiety is associated with greater right amygdala-hippocampal response to fearful versus happy faces among trait-anxious Latina girls
Díaz D, Tseng W, Michalska K. Pre-scan state anxiety is associated with greater right amygdala-hippocampal response to fearful versus happy faces among trait-anxious Latina girls. BMC Psychiatry 2024, 24: 1. PMID: 38167015, PMCID: PMC10759434, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05403-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsState anxietyTrait anxietyHappy facesEmotion processingLatina girlsImplicit emotion processingNon-anxious youthHigh trait anxietyFearful facial affectFearful facesEmotional valenceFacial affectNeural correlatesIndividual differencesBrain activationBrain responsesNeural activationReduced engagementCommunity sampleAnxietyInteractive effectsHigh levelsGirlsMethodsThe present studySystematic differences
2015
Neural correlates of masked and unmasked face emotion processing in youth with severe mood dysregulation
Tseng WL, Thomas LA, Harkins E, Pine DS, Leibenluft E, Brotman MA. Neural correlates of masked and unmasked face emotion processing in youth with severe mood dysregulation. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2015, 11: 78-88. PMID: 26137973, PMCID: PMC4692312, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere mood dysregulationFace emotion processingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEmotion processingParahippocampal gyrusNeural correlatesMood dysregulationVentromedial prefrontal cortex activationAffective priming paradigmPrefrontal cortex activationSuperior temporal gyrusAngry facesFace processingHappy facesSMD patientsPositive emotionsPriming paradigmVmPFC dysfunctionNegative emotionsTemporal gyrusCortex activationEmotionsFMRI dataDecreased activationIndependent samples
2013
Fronto-limbic-striatal dysfunction in pediatric and adult patients with bipolar disorder: impact of face emotion and attentional demands
Brotman MA, Tseng WL, Olsavsky AK, Fromm SJ, Muhrer EJ, Rutenberg JG, Deveney CM, Adleman NE, Zarate CA, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Fronto-limbic-striatal dysfunction in pediatric and adult patients with bipolar disorder: impact of face emotion and attentional demands. Psychological Medicine 2013, 44: 1639-1651. PMID: 23930595, PMCID: PMC3922892, DOI: 10.1017/s003329171300202x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeutral facesInferior frontal gyrusTask demandsImplicit processingHappy facesPassive viewingAmygdala hyperactivationCognitive control circuitsFace emotion processingBipolar disorderPediatric bipolar disorderHealthy comparison subjectsExplicit processingFamily-wise errorFearful facesAttentional conditionsFace emotionsAttentional demandsEmotion processingFrontal gyrusCingulate cortexHypoactivationComparison subjects