Functional connectivity during masked and unmasked face emotion processing in bipolar disorder
Tseng WL, Thomas LA, Harkins E, Stoddard J, Zarate CA, Pine DS, Leibenluft E, Brotman MA. Functional connectivity during masked and unmasked face emotion processing in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2016, 258: 1-9. PMID: 27814457, PMCID: PMC5135603, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace emotion processingEmotion processingHealthy volunteersBipolar disorderFunctional connectivityAffective priming taskAmygdala-vmPFC connectivityVentromedial prefrontal cortexExpression of emotionsBD patientsMedial frontal gyrusNeutral facesPriming taskEmotion typeEmotional processingFMRI scanningActivation differencesFrontal gyrusGreater activationLess activationPrefrontal cortexConnectivity findingsNeural connectivityPathophysiological correlatesNeural dysfunction