Interoception primes emotional processing: multimodal evidence from neurodegeneration

Recent frameworks in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurology underscore interoceptive priors as core modulators of negative emotions. However, the field lacks experimental designs manipulating the priming of emotions via interoception and exploring their multimodal signatures in neurodegener...

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Autores: Salamone, Paula Celeste, Legaz, Agustina, Sedeño, Lucas, Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel, Fraile Vázquez, Matías, Gonzalez Campo, Cecilia, Fittipaldi, María Sol, Yoris, Adrián Isidro, Miranda, Magdalena, Birba, Agustina, Galiani, Agustina, Abrevaya, Sofia, Neely, Alejandra, Martorell Caro, Miguel Angel, Alifano Ferrero, Florencia, Villagra, Roque, Anunziata, Florencia, Oliveira, Maira Okada de, Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos, Slachevsky, Andrea, Serrano, Cecilia Mariela, García, Adolfo Martín, Ibáñez, Santiago Agustín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/166574
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/166574
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
BEHAVIORAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
EMOTION
INTEROCEPTION
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
PRIMING
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Sumario:Recent frameworks in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurology underscore interoceptive priors as core modulators of negative emotions. However, the field lacks experimental designs manipulating the priming of emotions via interoception and exploring their multimodal signatures in neurodegenerative models. Here, we designed a novel task that involves interoceptive and control-exteroceptive priming conditions followed by post-interoception and post-exteroception facial emotion recognition (FER). We recruited 114 participants, including healthy controls (HCs) as well as patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We measured online EEG modulations of the heart-evoked potential (HEP), and associations with both brain structural and resting-state functional connectivity patterns. Behaviorally, post-interoception negative FER was enhanced in HCs but selectively disrupted in bvFTD and PD, with AD presenting generalized disruptions across emotion types. Only bvFTD presented impaired interoceptive accuracy. Increased HEP modulations during post-interoception negative FER was observed in HCs and AD, but not in bvFTD or PD patients. Across all groups, post-interoception negative FER correlated with the volume of the insula and the ACC. Also, negative FER was associated with functional connectivity along the (a) salience network in the post-interoception condition, and along the (b) executive network in the post-exteroception condition. These patterns were selectively disrupted in bvFTD (a) and PD (b), respectively. Our approach underscores the multidimensional impact of interoception on emotion, while revealing a specific pathophysiological marker of bvFTD. These findings inform a promising theoretical and clinical agenda in the fields of nteroception, emotion, allostasis, and neurodegeneration.