| Literature DB >> 17315226 |
Tracy Butler1, Julianne Imperato-McGinley, Hong Pan, Daniel Voyer, Amy Christine Cunningham-Bussel, Luke Chang, Yuan-Shan Zhu, Juan J Cordero, Emily Stern, David Silbersweig.
Abstract
Ventral anterior cingulate cortex (vACC) is a highly interconnected brain region considered to reflect the sometimes competing demands of cognition and emotion. A reciprocal relationship between vACC and dorsal ACC (dACC) may play a role in maintaining this balance between cognitive and emotional processing. Using functional MRI in association with a cognitively-demanding visuospatial task (mental rotation), we found that only women demonstrated vACC suppression and inverse functional connectivity with dACC. Sex differences in vACC functioning--previously described under conditions of negative emotion--are extended here to cognition. Consideration of participant sex is essential to understanding the role of vACC in cognitive and emotional processing. Copyright 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17315226 PMCID: PMC6871468 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20340
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Brain Mapp ISSN: 1065-9471 Impact factor: 5.038