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Dynamic Interactions between Emotion Perception and Action Preparation for Reacting to Social Threat: A Combined cTBS-fMRI Study

Tahnée Engelen, Minye Zhan, Alexander T. Sack and Beatrice de Gelder
eNeuro 22 May 2018, 5 (3) ENEURO.0408-17.2018; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0408-17.2018
Tahnée Engelen
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 EV, The Netherlands
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Minye Zhan
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 EV, The Netherlands
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Alexander T. Sack
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 EV, The Netherlands
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Beatrice de Gelder
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 EV, The Netherlands
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    The two stimulation sites for cTBS consisted of the right ventral premotor cortex and right inferior parietal lobule. Both target points were localized using individual brain anatomy (for details, see TMS stimulation and site localization), and cTBS stimulation was guided by neuronavigation. Individual target points are displayed in Talairach space for rPMv (green) and rIPL (yellow). The red spheres indicate the average stimulation coordinates.

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    Clusters showing a significant main effect of session displayed on an averaged anatomy of all participants in Talairach space (p = 0.05, cluster size corrected). For details about cluster size and statistical significance, see Table 3.

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    Clusters showing a significant emotion × session interaction displayed on an averaged anatomy of all participants in Talairach space (p = 0.05, cluster size corrected). For details about cluster size and statistical significance, see Table 4.

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    Results from ROI analysis based on individual stimulation sites (rPMv and rIPL). β values in rPMv showed a significant emotion × session interaction effect, whereas in rIPL no significant effects were found.

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    Results from ROI analysis based on individual anatomy (amygdala) or functional activity (EBA and pSTS). β values in rAMG, bilateral EBA, and rpSTS reflected a main effect of emotion, whereas in lAMG an interaction effect was also present. In lAMG, there was no effect of emotion at baseline, but this effect was evident for both cTBS sessions.

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    Average Talairach coordinates per stimulation site ± SD

    Stimulation sitexyz
    Inferior parietal lobule41 ± 7−62 ± 943 ± 5
    Ventral premotor cortex50 ± 611 ± 429 ± 5
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    Clusters found for the main effect of emotion (α = 0.05, cluster size corrected)

    Anatomical descriptionHemisphereCluster sizexyzF valuep value
    Widespread occipital/fusiform gyrusR16,82643−67085.090.000000
    Anterior inferior temporal gyrusR36336−5−3645.780.000005
    AmygdalaR34725−1−1256.630.000001
    PulvinarR35417−27245.700.000005
    Superior parieto-occipital cortexR/L28641−59054.170.000002
    Widespread occipital/fusiform gyrusL22,222−15−89−275.610.000000
    AmygdalaL697−35−1−1245.410.000005
    • Cluster size is reported in number of voxels (voxel size = 1 mm³). Reported values (coordinates, F value, and p value) reflect cluster peak. L, Left; R, right.

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    Clusters found for the main effect of session (α = 0.05, cluster size corrected)

    Anatomical descriptionHemisphereCluster sizexyzF valuep value
    Ventromedial prefrontal cortexR1121149415.370.000021
    Posterior cingulate cortexL197−3−412814.870.000027
    PrecuneusL108−15−593211.970.000131
    Superior parietal lobeL107−29−535015.470.000020
    Ventral premotor cortexL255−4712811.730.000151
    • Cluster size is reported in number of voxels (voxel size = 1 mm³). reported values (coordinates, F value, and p value) reflect cluster peak. L, Left; R, right.

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    Table 4.

    Clusters found for the emotion × session interaction (α = 0.05, cluster size corrected)

    Anatomical descriptionHemisphereCluster sizexyzF valuep value
    Lingual gyrusR28717−77−813.760.000049
    Superior parietal lobeR107715−734417.980.000006
    SMAR/L505−135412.770.000084
    Superior parietal lobeL802−13−694815.470.000020
    Superior parieto-occipital cortexL340−17−652614.990.000025
    CerebellumL164−19−71−2212.120.000120
    PrecuneusL354−27−594614.520.000032
    Ventral premotor cortexL113−4992613.200.000066
    • Cluster size is reported in number of voxels (voxel size = 1 mm³). Reported values (coordinates, F value, and p value) reflect cluster peak. L, Left; R, right.

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Tahnée Engelen, Minye Zhan, Alexander T. Sack, Beatrice de Gelder
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Tahnée Engelen, Minye Zhan, Alexander T. Sack, Beatrice de Gelder
eNeuro 22 May 2018, 5 (3) ENEURO.0408-17.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0408-17.2018
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