Emotional dysregulation in psychosis – proof of concept in healthy controls

Furger, Stephan; Stahnke, Antje; Zengaffinen, Francilia Sabrina; Dierks, Thomas; Federspiel, Andrea; Hatzinger, Martin; König, Thomas; Nick, Beat; Rapp, Charlotte; Stegmayer, Katharina; Strik, Werner; Walther, Sebastian; Wiest, Roland; Papmeyer, Martina (3 November 2017). Emotional dysregulation in psychosis – proof of concept in healthy controls (Unpublished). In: 3rd OHBM ALPINE CHAPTER SYMPOSIUM.

Objectives:
Psychosis symptoms occur in around 1-2% of the population during their lifetime. Various psychosis symptoms relate to a disturbed perception and regulation of emotions. Previous research indicates that emotional dysregulation may form a distinct psychosis symptom dimension that is linked to aberrant function and structure of the limbic system and its cortico-basal ganglia and cortico-cortical connections. However, the nature of emotional dysregulation in psychosis has not been studied extensively yet. Therefore, we aim to investigate affect as a dimension and its association with neural activation in limbic brain structures in psychosis patients as well as in healthy subjects. As a first step, we analysed preliminary data to investigate our self-developed task.
Methods Neural activation patterns were investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) from 12 healthy controls. During fMRI examination, we used a specifically developed face perception task. The presented stimuli were short animations of faces that varied in certain characteristics: gender (male, female), aesthetic (high, low), head movement (up, down) and gaze direction (direct, averted). Subsequently, all face stimuli were rated with regard to gender, health, trustworthiness, friendliness, attractiveness & dominance.

Results/Conclusion:
During the perception of the face animation, there was predominantly increased activity in face processing areas (i.e. fusiform gyrus) and decreased activity in other face processing areas (i.e. lingual gyrus, superior temporal gyrus) and limbic areas (i.e. posterior cingulate). More data and further investigations are required to investigate the affect domain in detail. Furthermore, comparison with psychosis patients might help find the underlying psychopathology of psychosis and therefore improve future prevention, diagnostic and treatment options.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Translational Research Center
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

UniBE Contributor:

Furger, Stephan Niklaus, Stahnke, Antje, Zengaffinen, Francilia Sabrina, Dierks, Thomas, Federspiel, Andrea, Hatzinger, Martin, König, Thomas, Stegmayer, Katharina Deborah Lena, Strik, Werner, Walther, Sebastian, Wiest, Roland Gerhard Rudi, Papmeyer, Martina

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

Projects:

[882] Symptom Dimensions of Psychopathology: From Health to Psychosis – The Dimensions of Language, Affect and Motor Function Official URL

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stephan Niklaus Furger

Date Deposited:

28 Mar 2018 15:29

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:30

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/110059

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