Residential green space and air pollution are associated with brain activation in a social-stress paradigm.

ABSTRACT: We examined the influence of three major environmental variables at the place of residence as potential moderating variables for neurofunctional activation during a social-stress paradigm. Data from functional magnetic resonance imaging of 42 male participants were linked to publicly accessible governmental databases providing information on amount of green space, air pollution, and noise pollution. We hypothesized that stress-related brain activation in regions important for emotion regulation were associated positively with green space and associated negatively with air pollution and noise pollution. A higher percentage of green space was associated with stronger parietal and insular activation during stress compared with that in the control condition. More air pollution was associated w

SUBMITTER: Dimitrov-Discher A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226020 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature