Aberrant functional connectivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex-nucleus accumbens during naturalistic stimulation in adolescent major depressive disorder
These findings suggest that DLPFC-NAc hyperconnectivity is a neural substrate of MDD in adolescents and may preferentially contribute to anxiety-related or somatization-related symptomatology rather than depressive mood or sleep disturbance.
Authors
- Z. P. ZANG
- Zhuo Xi
- Zhi Yang
- Yingzhe Zhao
- Jing Liu
Institutions
- Harbin Medical University (CN)
- Beijing Anding Hospital (CN)
- Peking University Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (CN)
- Beijing Advanced Sciences and Innovation Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1705969
- Primary Topic
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00