Sex differences in brain activation patterns with mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease.

Nicole KasherMatthew T WittbrodtZuhayr S AlamBruno B LimaJonathon A NyeCarolina CampanellaStacy LaddMuhammad HammadahAmit J ShahPaolo RaggiArshed A QuyyumiViola VaccarinoJames Douglas Bremner

Published in: Biology of sex differences (2019)

Men and women with CAD show differences in responses to stress in brain limbic areas that regulate emotion, and these functional responses differ by MSI status. Our results suggest that the cingulate gyrus may be involved in sex differences in MSI.

Keyphrases

resting state
functional connectivity
white matter
coronary artery disease
mental health
stress induced
cerebral ischemia
depressive symptoms
multiple sclerosis
brain injury