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High-field MRI reveals an acute impact on brain function in survivors of the magnitude 8.0 earthquake in China | |
Lui, Su1; Huang, Xiaoqi1,2; Chen, Long1; Tang, Hehan1; Zhang, Tijiang1; Li, Xiuli1; Li, Dongming1; Kuang, Weihong2; Chan, Raymond C.3,4; Mechelli, Andrea5; Sweeney, John A.6; Gong, Qiyong1,7; Qiyong Gong | |
摘要 | Besides the enormous medical and economic consequences, national disasters, such as the Wenchuan 8.0 earthquake, also pose a risk to the mental health of survivors. In this context, a better understanding is needed of how functional brain systems adapt to severe emotional stress. Previous animal studies have demonstrated the importance of limbic, paralimbic, striatal, and prefrontal structures in stress and fear responses. Human studies, which have focused primarily on patients with clinically established posttraumatic stress disorders, have reported abnormalities in similar brain structures. At present, little is known about potential alterations of brain function in trauma survivors shortly after traumatic events. Here, we show alteration of brain function in a cohort of healthy survivors within 25 days after the Wenchuan earthquake by a recently discovered method known as "resting-state'' functional MRI. The current investigation demonstrates that regional activity in frontolimbic and striatal areas increased significantly and connectivity among limbic and striatal networks was attenuated in our participants who had recently experienced severe emotional trauma. Trauma victims also had a reduced temporal synchronization within the "default mode'' of resting-state brain function, which has been characterized in humans and other species. Taken together, our findings provide evidence that significant alterations in brain function, similar in many ways to those observed in posttraumatic stress disorders, can be seen shortly after major traumatic experiences, highlighting the need for early evaluation and intervention for trauma survivors.; Besides the enormous medical and economic consequences, national disasters, such as the Wenchuan 8.0 earthquake, also pose a risk to the mental health of survivors. In this context, a better understanding is needed of how functional brain systems adapt to severe emotional stress. Previous animal studies have demonstrated the importance of limbic, paralimbic, striatal, and prefrontal structures in stress and fear responses. Human studies, which have focused primarily on patients with clinically established posttraumatic stress disorders, have reported abnormalities in similar brain structures. At present, little is known about potential alterations of brain function in trauma survivors shortly after traumatic events. Here, we show alteration of brain function in a cohort of healthy survivors within 25 days after the Wenchuan earthquake by a recently discovered method known as "resting-state'' functional MRI. The current investigation demonstrates that regional activity in frontolimbic and striatal areas increased significantly and connectivity among limbic and striatal networks was attenuated in our participants who had recently experienced severe emotional trauma. Trauma victims also had a reduced temporal synchronization within the "default mode'' of resting-state brain function, which has been characterized in humans and other species. Taken together, our findings provide evidence that significant alterations in brain function, similar in many ways to those observed in posttraumatic stress disorders, can be seen shortly after major traumatic experiences, highlighting the need for early evaluation and intervention for trauma survivors. |
关键词 | neuroimaging stress anxiety depression posttraumatic stress disorder |
学科领域 | 健康心理学 ; 生理心理学/生物心理学 |
2009-09-08 | |
语种 | 英语 |
发表期刊 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
ISSN | 0027-8424 |
卷号 | 106期号:36页码:15412-15417 |
期刊论文类型 | Article |
收录类别 | SCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000269632400060 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5447 |
专题 | 中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010) |
通讯作者 | Qiyong Gong |
作者单位 | 1.Sichuan Univ, W China Hosp, Huaxi MR Res Ctr, Dept Radiol, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 2.Sichuan Univ, W China Hosp, Dept Psychiat, State Key Lab Biotherapy, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol Neuropsychol & Appl Cognit Neurosci, Beijing 100011, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100011, Peoples R China 5.Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, Div Psychol Med & Psychiat, Sect Neuroimaging, London SE5 8AF, England 6.Univ Illinois, Ctr Cognit Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA 7.Univ Liverpool, Fac Med, Div Med Imaging, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lui, Su,Huang, Xiaoqi,Chen, Long,et al. High-field MRI reveals an acute impact on brain function in survivors of the magnitude 8.0 earthquake in China[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2009,106(36):15412-15417. |
APA | Lui, Su.,Huang, Xiaoqi.,Chen, Long.,Tang, Hehan.,Zhang, Tijiang.,...&Qiyong Gong.(2009).High-field MRI reveals an acute impact on brain function in survivors of the magnitude 8.0 earthquake in China.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,106(36),15412-15417. |
MLA | Lui, Su,et al."High-field MRI reveals an acute impact on brain function in survivors of the magnitude 8.0 earthquake in China".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 106.36(2009):15412-15417. |
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