scholarly journals Gender differences in functional connectivity during emotion regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 107829
Author(s):  
T. Stoica ◽  
L.K. Knight ◽  
F. Naaz ◽  
S.C. Patton ◽  
B.E. Depue
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Functional Connectivity

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Functional Connectivity during Emotion Regulation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodora Stoica ◽  
Lindsay Knight ◽  
Farah Naaz ◽  
Samantha Patton ◽  
Brendan Depue
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Aversive Stimulus ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Neural Basis

Gender differences in emotion regulation (ER) have been postulated, yet their neural basis remains poorly understood. The goal of this study was to investigate this issue from a functional connectivity (FC) perspective. Utilizing a region of interest (ROI) analysis, we investigated whether men and women (N=48) differed in their FC pattern while viewing versus regulating negative emotion induced by highly salient pictures, and whether this pattern related to their self-reported negative affect and suppression success. Despite women reporting more negative affect, both genders had comparable suppression success. Moreover, differences emerged between men and women’s FC patterns. During the regulation of negative emotion, better suppression in women was associated with stronger FC within a cingulo-opercular network, while men exhibited stronger FC within posterior regions of the ventral attentional network. We conclude that due to their propensity for higher emotional reactivity, women may employ a frontal top-down control network to downregulate negative emotion, while men may redirect attention away from the aversive stimulus by using posterior regions of the ventral attention network. The findings may have significant implications for understanding women’s vulnerability for developing affective disorders and developing targeted individualized treatment.

Neural responses during down-regulation of negative emotion in patients with recently diagnosed bipolar disorder and their unaffected relatives

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Hanne Lie Kjærstad ◽  
Julian Macoveanu ◽  
Gitte Moos Knudsen ◽  
Sophia Frangou ◽  
K. Luan Phan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Neural Activity ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Imaging Study ◽  
Neural Responses ◽  
Functional Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Down Regulation

Abstract Background Aberrant emotion regulation has been posited as a putative endophenotype of bipolar disorder (BD). We therefore aimed to compare the neural responses during voluntary down-regulation of negative emotions in a large functional magnetic resonance imaging study of BD, patients' unaffected first-degree relatives (URs), and healthy controls (HCs). Methods We compared neural activity and fronto-limbic functional connectivity during emotion regulation in response to aversive v. neutral pictures in patients recently diagnosed with BD (n = 78) in full/partial remission, their URs (n = 35), and HCs (n = 56). Results Patients showed hypo-activity in the left dorsomedial, dorsolateral, and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (DMPFC and DLPFC) during emotion regulation while viewing aversive pictures compared to HCs, with URs displaying intermediate neural activity in these regions. There were no significant differences between patients with BD and HCs in functional connectivity from the amygdala during emotion regulation. However, exploratory analysis indicated that URs displayed more negative amygdala–DMPFC coupling compared with HCs and more negative amygdala-cingulate DLPFC coupling compared to patients with BD. At a behavioral level, patients and their URs were less able to dampen negative emotions in response aversive pictures. Conclusions The findings point to deficient recruitment of prefrontal resources and more negative fronto-amygdala coupling as neural markers of impaired emotion regulation in recently diagnosed remitted patients with BD and their URs, respectively.

scholarly journals Atypical Prefrontal–Amygdala Circuitry Following Childhood Exposure to Abuse: Links With Adolescent Psychopathology

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Peverill ◽  
Margaret A. Sheridan ◽  
Daniel S. Busso ◽  
Katie A. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Abuse Severity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Negative Coupling

Adverse childhood experiences have been associated with more negative coupling between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and amygdala, a brain network involved in emotion regulation in both children and adults. This pattern may be particularly likely to emerge in individuals exposed to threatening experiences during childhood (e.g., exposure to child abuse), although this has not been examined in prior research. We collected functional magnetic resonance imaging data on 57 adolescents during an emotion regulation task. Greater negative functional connectivity between vmPFC and amygdala occurred during viewing of negative compared to neutral images. This vmPFC-amygdala task-related functional connectivity was more negative in adolescents exposed to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse than those without a history of maltreatment and was associated with abuse severity. This pattern of more negative functional connectivity was associated with higher levels of externalizing psychopathology concurrently and 2 years later. Greater negative connectivity in the vmPFC-amygdala network during passive viewing of negative images may reflect disengagement of regulatory responses from vmPFC in situations eliciting strong amygdala reactivity, potentially due to stronger appraisals of threat in children exposed to early threatening environments. This pattern may be adaptive in the short term but place adolescents at higher risk of psychopathology later in life.

P1-009: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MEMORY-RELATED FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN AGING AND GENETIC RISK FOR AD

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. P307-P307
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Harrison ◽  
Alison Burggren ◽  
Gary Small ◽  
Susan Bookheimer
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Genetic Risk

Gender Differences in Coping Strategies in Children and Adolescents

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Eschenbeck ◽  
Carl-Walter Kohlmann ◽  
Arnold Lohaus
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Gender Effects ◽  
Avoidant Coping ◽  
Stressful Situation

Abstract. The present study focuses on gender effects and interactions between gender, type of stressful situation, and age-group in coping strategies in childhood and adolescence. The sample consisted of N = 1990 children and adolescents (957 boys, 1033 girls; grade levels 3-8). Participants responded to a coping questionnaire (Fragebogen zur Erhebung von Stress und Stressbewältigung im Kindes- und Jugendalter, SSKJ 3-8; Lohaus, Eschenbeck, Kohlmann, & Klein-Heßling, 2006 ) with the five subscales: seeking social support, problem solving, avoidant coping, palliative emotion regulation, and anger-related emotion regulation. Repeated measures ANOVAs with Gender and Grade Level as the between-subject factors and Situation (social, academic) as the within-subject factor were performed separately for each of the subscales. In general, girls scored higher in seeking social support and problem solving, whereas boys scored higher in avoidant coping. These three main effects were further modified by significant Gender × Situation interactions and for both seeking social support and avoidant coping by significant Gender × Situation × Grade Level interactions. Compared to the academic situation (homework), gender differences were more pronounced for the social situation (argument with a friend), especially in adolescence. The results are discussed with respect to a gender-specific development of coping strategies.

EP 63. Altered functional connectivity of action and emotion regulation networks in Schizophrenia

2016 ◽  
Vol 127 (9) ◽  
pp. e265
Author(s):  
R.N. Pläschke ◽  
V.I. Müller ◽  
E.C. Cieslik ◽  
F. Hoffstaedter ◽  
S.B. Eickhoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Functional Connectivity
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