PMID- 28285207 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171213 LR - 20181202 IS - 1872-7506 (Electronic) IS - 0925-4927 (Linking) VI - 263 DP - 2017 May 30 TI - Self-referential processing in unipolar depression: Distinct roles of subregions of the medial prefrontal cortex. PG - 8-14 LID - S0925-4927(16)30076-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.02.008 [doi] AB - Self-concept is used to explain emotional disturbance or other behavioural and psychological problems associated with depression. Self-referential processing generally reflects self-concept in different domains. Cortical midline structures, such as the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), are critical for self-referential processing both in healthy controls and depressive patients. However, the role of subregions of the MPFC in self-referential processing in depression remains uncertain. In this study, we aimed to explore the neural basis of self-referential processing in depressive patients and the activation-deactivation patterns of subregions of the MPFC. Nineteen depressive patients and 21 controls completed the classic self-referential task with two different judgement conditions: self-referential processing and semantic processing. In the self-referential condition, with analysis of the two sample t-test unipolar patients showed significantly higher activation of the central MPFC and significantly lower activation of the dorsal MPFC, relative to controls. The results substantially suggested that the different activation of the MPFC may be selectively involved in self-referential processing in depressive patients, potentially indicating abnormal engagement of cognitive control and emotion regulation in this group. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Yu AU - Li Y AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Li, Mengze AU - Li M AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Wei, Dongtao AU - Wei D AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Kong, Xia AU - Kong X AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Du, Xue AU - Du X AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Hou, Xin AU - Hou X AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Sun, Jiangzhou AU - Sun J AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Qiu, Jiang AU - Qiu J AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: qiuj318@swu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170303 PL - Netherlands TA - Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging JT - Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging JID - 101723001 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Depressive Disorder/*diagnostic imaging/psychology MH - Emotions/physiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Judgment/physiology MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods MH - Male MH - Photic Stimulation/methods MH - Prefrontal Cortex/*diagnostic imaging/*physiology MH - Psychomotor Performance/*physiology MH - *Self Concept MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - MPFC OT - Self-reference OT - Task fMRI OT - Unipolar depression EDAT- 2017/03/13 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/14 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/13 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/02/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0925-4927(16)30076-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.02.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2017 May 30;263:8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.02.008. Epub 2017 Mar 3.