Abnormalities in the structural covariance of emotion regulation networks in major depressive disorder

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research Vol. 84; pp. 237 - 242
• Main Authors: Wu, Huawang, Sun, Hui, Wang, Chao, Yu, Lin, Li, Yilan, Peng, Hongjun, Lu, Xiaobing, Hu, Qingmao, Ning, Yuping, Jiang, Tianzi, Xu, Jinping, Wang, Jiaojian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Cohort Studies; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnostic imaging; Depressive Disorder, Major - drug therapy; Emotion regulation network; Emotions; Female; Gray Matter - diagnostic imaging; Gray matter volume; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Major depressive disorder; Male; Middle Aged; Neural Pathways - diagnostic imaging; Organ Size; Psychiatry; Structural covariance; VBM; Young Adult; VBM; Structural covariance; Gray matter volume; Emotion regulation network; Major depressive disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric disorder that is characterized by cognitive deficits and affective symptoms. To date, an increasing number of neuroimaging studies have focused on emotion regulation and have consistently shown that emotion dysregulation is one of the central f...