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. 2021 Aug 2;47(1):225–246. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01101-7

Table 1.

Summary of frontostriatal abnormalities in MDD in tasks probing different reward-related processes.

Reward consumption Reward anticipation Reward learning
A. Hypo-activation
   Ventral and Dorsal Striatum

(greater ↓, higher anhedonia)

(greater ↓, higher anhedonia & more transition to MDD)

(greater ↓, higher anhedonia & higher anhedonia 6 months later)

   pgACC

(greater ↓, higher depressive symptoms)

   dACC
   Medial OFC

(greater ↓, higher anhedonia)

(greater ↓, higher anhedonia)

B. Hyper-activation
   mPFC
   vmPFC (subgenual PFC)

(greater ↑, higher anhedonia & more future MDD)

   dlPFC
   Lateral OFC to non-rewards (greater ↑, more future MDD)