Fear-related activity in subgenual anterior cingulate differs between men and women

Tracy Butler; Hong Pan; Jane Epstein; Xenia Protopopescu; Oliver Tuescher; Martin Goldstein; Marylene Cloitre; Yihong Yang; Elizabeth Phelps; Jack Gorman; Joseph Ledoux; Emily Stern; David Silbersweig

doi:10.1097/00001756-200508010-00020

Fear-related activity in subgenual anterior cingulate differs between men and women

Tracy Butler, Hong Pan, Jane Epstein, Xenia Protopopescu, Oliver Tuescher, Martin Goldstein, Marylene Cloitre, Yihong Yang, Elizabeth Phelps, Jack Gorman, Joseph Ledoux, Emily Stern, David Silbersweig

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Abstract

Functional magnetic resonance imaging in association with an instructed fear/anticipatory anxiety paradigm was used to explore sex differences in the human fear response. During anticipation of mild electrodermal stimulation, women, as compared with men, demonstrated increased activity in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex and functionally related regions of the insula and brainstem. The subgenual anterior cingulate cortex is a region critical for emotional control implicated in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disease. Present findings suggest a contributory neural substrate for the greater susceptibility of women to anxiety and affective disorders, and emphasize the importance of considering participant sex when designing and interpreting functional neuroimaging studies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1233-1236
Number of pages	4
Journal	NeuroReport
Volume	16
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200508010-00020
State	Published - Aug 1 2005

Keywords

Anticipatory anxiety
Emotion
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Instructed fear
Sex
Sex differences
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Neuroscience

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