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Stria terminalis, amygdala, and temporoparietal junction networks facilitate efficient emotion processing under expectations

Dzafic, Ilvana; Oestreich, Lena; Martin, Andrew K.; Mowry, Bryan; Burianová, Hana

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Authors

Ilvana Dzafic

Lena Oestreich

Andrew K. Martin

Bryan Mowry

Hana Burianová



Abstract

Rapid emotion processing is an ecologically essential ability for survival in social environments in which threatening or advantageous encounters dynamically and rapidly occur. Efficient emotion recognition is subserved by different processes, depending on one's expectations; however, the underlying functional and structural circuitry is still poorly understood. In this study, we delineate brain networks that subserve fast recognition of emotion in situations either congruent or incongruent with prior expectations. For this purpose, we used multimodal neuroimaging and investigated performance on a dynamic emotion perception task. We show that the extended amygdala structural and functional networks relate to speed of emotion processing under threatening conditions. Specifically, increased microstructure of the right stria terminalis, an amygdala white‐matter pathway, was related to faster detection of emotion during actual presentation of anger or after cueing anger. Moreover, functional connectivity of right amygdala with limbic regions was related to faster detection of anger congruent with cue, suggesting selective attention to threat. On the contrary, we found that faster detection of anger incongruent with cue engaged the ventral attention “reorienting” network. Faster detection of happiness, in either expectancy context, engaged a widespread frontotemporal‐subcortical functional network. These findings shed light on the functional and structural circuitries that facilitate speed of emotion recognition and, for the first time, elucidate a role for the stria terminalis in human emotion processing.

Citation

Dzafic, I., Oestreich, L., Martin, A. K., Mowry, B., & Burianová, H. (2019). Stria terminalis, amygdala, and temporoparietal junction networks facilitate efficient emotion processing under expectations. Human Brain Mapping, 40(18), 5382-5396. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24779

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 18, 2019
Online Publication Date Aug 28, 2019
Publication Date Dec 15, 2019
Deposit Date Sep 3, 2019
Publicly Available Date Sep 3, 2019
Journal Human Brain Mapping
Print ISSN 1065-9471
Electronic ISSN 1097-0193
Publisher Wiley Open Access
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue 18
Pages 5382-5396
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24779
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1294217

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Advance online version © 2019 The Authors. Human Brain Mapping published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.





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