Li Wenjuan, Xie Ke, Ngetich Ronald K, Zhang Junjun, Jin Zhenlan, Li Ling
MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Center for Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Front Neurosci. 2021 Jun 17;15:681859. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.681859. eCollection 2021.
The previous neuroimaging functional connectivity analyses have indicated that the association between the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and other brain regions results in better emotion regulation in reappraisal tasks. However, no study has explored the relationship between IFG-based resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) and the dispositional use of reappraisal strategy. Therefore, the present study examined the potential associations between rsFC patterns of both left and right IFG and dispositional reappraisal use. One hundred healthy participants completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and underwent a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) acquisition. An approach of the seed-based rsFC analysis was recruited to estimate the functional connectivity maps of bilateral IFG with other brain regions, and the reappraisal scores from the ERQ were then correlated with the functional maps. Our findings showed that IFG-based rsFC was positively correlated with dispositional reappraisal only in the range of 4 to 5.5 points [medium reappraisal group (MRG)]. Specifically, medium dispositional reappraisal was positively correlated with rsFC between left/right IFG and bilateral temporal gyrus. Besides, medium dispositional reappraisal was positively correlated with rsFC between left IFG and bilateral superior parietal lobe (SPL), middle cingulate cortex (MCC), and right insula, as well as between right IFG and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). In conclusion, these results indicate that bilateral IFG plays an important role in the medium use of the reappraisal strategy.
先前的神经影像学功能连接分析表明,额下回(IFG)与其他脑区之间的关联在重新评估任务中能实现更好的情绪调节。然而,尚无研究探讨基于IFG的静息态功能连接(rsFC)与重新评估策略的倾向性使用之间的关系。因此,本研究考察了左右IFG的rsFC模式与倾向性重新评估使用之间的潜在关联。100名健康参与者完成了情绪调节问卷(ERQ),并接受了静息态功能磁共振成像(fMRI)扫描。采用基于种子点的rsFC分析方法来估计双侧IFG与其他脑区的功能连接图,然后将ERQ中的重新评估得分与功能图进行相关分析。我们的研究结果表明,仅在4至5.5分的范围内[中等重新评估组(MRG)],基于IFG的rsFC与倾向性重新评估呈正相关。具体而言,中等倾向性重新评估与左右IFG与双侧颞叶回之间的rsFC呈正相关。此外,中等倾向性重新评估与左IFG与双侧顶上叶(SPL)、扣带中部皮质(MCC)和右岛叶之间的rsFC呈正相关,以及与右IFG与背内侧前额叶皮质(DMPFC)和前扣带皮质(ACC)之间的rsFC呈正相关。总之,这些结果表明双侧IFG在重新评估策略的中等程度使用中起重要作用。