title: Amygdala functional connectivity is reduced after the cold pressor task.
abstract: The amygdala forms a crucial link between central pain and stress systems. Previous research indicates that psychological stress affects amygdala activity, but it is less clear how painful stressors influence subsequent amygdala functional connectivity. In the present study, we used pulsed arterial spin labeling (PASL) to investigate differences in healthy male adults' resting-state amygdala functional connectivity following a cold pressor versus a control task, with the stressor and control conditions being conducted on different days. During the period of peak cortisol response to acute stress (approximately 15-30 min after stressor onset), participants were asked to rest for 6 min with their eyes closed during a PASL scanning sequence. The cold pressor task led to reduced resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdalae and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and this occurred irrespective of cortisol release. The stressor also induced greater inverse connectivity between the left amygdala and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a brain region implicated in the down-regulation of amygdala responsivity. Furthermore, the degree of poststressor left amygdala decoupling with the lateral OFC varied according to self-reported pain intensity during the cold pressor task. These findings indicate that the cold pressor task alters amygdala interactions with prefrontal and ACC regions 15-30 min after the stressor, and that these altered functional connectivity patterns are related to pain perception rather than cortisol feedback.
authors: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, clewett@usc.edu.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Clewett
authors: Andrej
authors: A
authors: Schoeke
authors: Mara
authors: M
authors: Mather
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003080:Cold Temperature; D058639:Cold-Shock Response; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058748:Pain Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology
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