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Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Jul 25;70:271–287. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.07.024

Table 5.

Structural and Functional ACC Connectivity in Adolescent Depression

Structural Connectivity

Adolescents at High Risk for Depression

HR n LR n Mean Age FA Difference Tract T b-value Directions

Huang 2011 18 13 15.6 Cingulum 3 1000 30
Keedwell 2012 18 15 22.2 Cingulum 3 1000 30

Adolescents with Depression

MD n TD n Mean Age FA Difference Tract T b-value Directions

Cullen 2010 14 14 16.8 Cingulum 3 1000 30
Henderson 2013 17 16 16.6 Cingulum, ATR 3 1000 12
LeWinn 2014 52 42 16.1 ATR 3 1500 30

Functional Connectivity

Adolescents at High Risk for Depression

HR n LR n Mean Age ACC Connectivity Regions with Connectivity to ACC Subregion Context Method

Chai 2015 27 16 11.2 dlPFC sgACC Rest mPFC/PCC, dlPFF amygdala seeds

mPFC/PCC

Clasen 2014 11 13 13.6 rIFG dACC Rest rIFG seed

Kerestes 2016 29 43 14 - - - Viewing happy faces Putamen, dlPFC seeds

Adolescents with Depressive Symptoms

n Mean Age ACC Connectivity Regions with Connectivity to ACC Subregion Context Method
Strikwerda-Brown 2014 72 16.47 PCC, angular gyrus, dlPFC, dmPFC, vmPFC sgACC Rest sgACC seed

Davey 2015 56 16.5 Amygdala sgACC Rest Amygdala seed

Adolescents with Current Depression

MD N TD N Mean Age ACC Connectivity Regions with Connectivity to ACC Subregion Context Method

Connolly 2013 23 36 16 Insula, amygdala sgACC Rest 4 sgACC seeds

Cullen 2009 12 14 16.6 mPFC, STG, Insula sgACC Rest sgACC, dACC, amygdala seeds

Gabbay 2013 21 21 16.7 Caudate sgACC, pgACC Rest 6 striatal seeds

Geng 2016 26 31 15.6 - - - Rest Hippocampus seed

Kim 2015 22 20 14 - - - Rest Amygdala, PCC seeds

Pannekoek 2014 26 26 15 Amygala pgACC
dACC
Rest Amygdala, seeds dACC, PCC

mPFC

Blom 2012 31 36 16 Insula dACC Viewing affective faces Insula seed

Ho 2014 19 19 16 mPFC, insula, fusiform, precuneus sgACC Viewing fearful faces sgACC seed

Amygdala

Ho 2015 26 37 16 mPFC, PCC dACC Viewing affective faces mPFC, PCC seeds

Kerestes 2016 29 43 15.3 - - - Viewing Happy Faces Putamen, dlPFC seeds

Perlman 2012 14 14 15.4 Amygdala sgACC Emotion regulation task Amygdala seed

Note: Papers are listed by name of first author; et al. is implied. Upward arrow indicates greater value in clinical or high-risk group than in typically developing (TD) group. HR: high-risk; LR: low-risk; FA: fractional anisotropy; MD: major depression; ATR: anterior thalamic radiations; ACC: anterior cingulate cortex; PCC: posterior cingulate cortex; dlPFC: dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; dmPFC: dorsomedial PFC; vmPFC: ventromedial PFC; sgACC: subgenual ACC; mPFC: medial PFC; STG: superior temporal gyrus; dACC: dorsal ACC; pgACC: pregenual ACC.