title: Emotional regulation: implications for the psychobiology of psychotherapy.
abstract: A range of studies have contributed to understanding the psychobiology of emotional regulation. Functional imaging studies have demonstrated that cortico-limbic circuitry plays an important role in mediating processes such as reappraisal and suppression. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may be important in conscious reframing, while ventromedial prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex may be particularly important in emotion evaluation. Gene variants and early environments impact underlying emotional regulation and its neurobiology. It may be hypothesized that during interventions such as psychotherapy there are improvements in emotional regulation, together with the normalization of related psychobiological mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Dan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008032:Limbic System / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000378:metabolism; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*