Ventromedial prefrontal cortex connectivity during and after psychological stress in women.

ABSTRACT: The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) integrates sensory, affective, memory-related, and social information from diverse brain systems to coordinate behavioral and peripheral physiological responses according to contextual demands that are appraised as stressful. However, the functionality of the vmPFC during stressful experiences is not fully understood. Among 40 female participants, the present study evaluated (a) functional connectivity of the vmPFC during exposure to and recovery following an acute psychological stressor, (b) associations among vmPFC functional connectivity, heart rate, and subjective reports of stress across individuals, and (c) whether patterns of vmPFC functional connectivity were associated with distributed brain networks. Results showed that psychological str

SUBMITTER: Ginty AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8094347 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature