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@ARTICLE{Becker:22877,
author = {Becker, B. and Mihov, Y. and Scheele, D. and Kendrick, K.M.
and Feinstein, J.S. and Matusch, A. and Aydin, M. and Reich,
H. and Urbach, H. and Oros-Peusquens, A.M. and Shah, N.J.
and Kunz, W.S. and Schlaepfer, T.E. and Zilles, K. and
Maier, W. and Hurlemann, R.},
title = {{F}ear {P}rocessing and {S}ocial {N}etworking in the
{A}bsence of a {F}unctional {A}mygdala},
journal = {Biological psychiatry},
volume = {72},
issn = {0006-3223},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {PreJuSER-22877},
pages = {70 - 77},
year = {2012},
note = {RH was supported by a German Research Foundation (DFG)
Grant (HU1302/2-2) and by a Starting Independent Researcher
Grant (NEMO-Neuromodulation of Emotion) jointly provided by
the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research, and
Technology of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and
the University of Bonn. RH is senior author.},
abstract = {The human amygdala plays a crucial role in processing
social signals, such as face expressions, particularly
fearful ones, and facilitates responses to them in
face-sensitive cortical regions. This contributes to social
competence and individual amygdala size correlates with that
of social networks. While rare patients with focal bilateral
amygdala lesion typically show impaired recognition of
fearful faces, this deficit is variable, and an intriguing
possibility is that other brain regions can compensate to
support fear and social signal processing.To investigate the
brain's functional compensation of selective bilateral
amygdala damage, we performed a series of behavioral,
psychophysiological, and functional magnetic resonance
imaging experiments in two adult female monozygotic twins
(patient 1 and patient 2) with equivalent, extensive
bilateral amygdala pathology as a sequela of lipoid
proteinosis due to Urbach-Wiethe disease.Patient 1, but not
patient 2, showed preserved recognition of fearful faces,
intact modulation of acoustic startle responses by
fear-eliciting scenes, and a normal-sized social network.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed that patient
1 showed potentiated responses to fearful faces in her left
premotor cortex face area and bilaterally in the inferior
parietal lobule.The premotor cortex face area and inferior
parietal lobule are both implicated in the cortical
mirror-neuron system, which mediates learning of observed
actions and may thereby promote both imitation and empathy.
Taken together, our findings suggest that despite the
pre-eminent role of the amygdala in processing social
information, the cortical mirror-neuron system may sometimes
adaptively compensate for its pathology.},
keywords = {Adolescent / Amygdala: physiopathology / Brain:
physiopathology / Brain Mapping: methods / Echo-Planar
Imaging: methods / Facial Expression / Fear: psychology /
Female / Humans / Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe:
physiopathology / Magnetic Resonance Imaging: methods /
Mental Processes / Recognition (Psychology) / Social
Behavior / Startle Reaction / Twins, Monozygotic: psychology
/ J (WoSType)},
cin = {INM-4 / INM-2},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-4-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406},
pnm = {Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems (FUEK409) /
Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems (FUEK409) / 89573
- Neuroimaging (POF2-89573)},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409 / G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89573},
shelfmark = {Neurosciences / Psychiatry},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:22218285},
UT = {WOS:000305278800013},
doi = {10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.024},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/22877},
}