Prefrontal cortex and depression

DA Pizzagalli, AC Roberts - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has emerged as one of the regions most consistently impaired in
major depressive disorder (MDD). Although functional and structural PFC abnormalities …

Toward a better understanding of the mechanisms and pathophysiology of anhedonia: are we ready for translation?

DA Pizzagalli - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Anhedonia—the loss of pleasure or lack of reactivity to pleasurable stimuli—remains a
formidable treatment challenge across neuropsychiatric disorders. In major depressive …

Advances in the computational understanding of mental illness

QJM Huys, M Browning, MP Paulus… - …, 2021 - nature.com
Computational psychiatry is a rapidly growing field attempting to translate advances in
computational neuroscience and machine learning into improved outcomes for patients …

Anhedonia as a central factor in depression: Neural mechanisms revealed from preclinical to clinical evidence

S Wang, F Leri, SJ Rizvi - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anhedonia is one of the core symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), which is often
inadequately treated by traditional antidepressants. The modern framework of anhedonia …

Positive affect and reward processing in the treatment of depression, anxiety and trauma

MG Craske, BD Dunn, AE Meuret, SJ Rizvi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The inability to experience pleasure or interest in activities (commonly referred to in clinical
settings as anhedonia) is characteristic of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder …

Comparing the streamlined psychotherapy “Engage” with problem-solving therapy in late-life major depression. A randomized clinical trial

GS Alexopoulos, PJ Raue, S Banerjee, P Marino… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Effective psychotherapies for late-life depression are underutilized, mainly because of their
complexity.“Engage” is a novel, streamlined psychotherapy that relies on neurobiology to …

Pleasure, reward value, prediction error and anhedonia

K Kieslich, V Valton, JP Roiser - Anhedonia: Preclinical, Translational, and …, 2022 - Springer
In order to develop effective treatments for anhedonia we need to understand its underlying
neurobiological mechanisms. Anhedonia is conceptually strongly linked to reward …

Probabilistic reinforcement learning and anhedonia

BD Kangas, A Der-Avakian, DA Pizzagalli - … : Preclinical, translational, and …, 2022 - Springer
Despite the prominence of anhedonic symptoms associated with diverse neuropsychiatric
conditions, there are currently no approved therapeutics designed to attenuate the loss of …

Sex-specific transcriptomic signatures in brain regions critical for neuropathic pain-induced depression

W Dai, S Huang, Y Luo, X Cheng, P Xia… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain is a chronic debilitating condition with a high comorbidity with depression.
Clinical reports and animal studies have suggested that both the medial prefrontal cortex …

The computational structure of consummatory anhedonia

AF Hall, M Browning, QJM Huys - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Anhedonia is a reduction in enjoyment, motivation, or interest. It is common across mental
health disorders and a harbinger of poor treatment outcomes. The enjoyment aspect, termed …