Benjamin Klugah-Brown

Prof. Benjamin Klugah-Brown


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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6 March 2021 in Brain Structure and Function
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QYQIAN YU
QIAN YU
Fabian HeroldFabian Herold
Fabian Herold
BBBenjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
BKBenjamin Klugah-Brown
Benjamin Klugah-Brown
Yanjie ZhangYanjie Zhang
Yanjie Zhang
LZLiye Zou
Liye Zou

1 July 2017 in Schizophrenia Research
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DDDebo Dong
Debo Dong
YWYulin Wang
Yulin Wang
XCXuebin Chang
Xuebin Chang
YJYuchao Jiang
Yuchao Jiang
BKBenjamin Klugah-Brown
Benjamin Klugah-Brown
DYDezhong Yao
Dezhong Yao

11 January 2021 in Addiction Biology
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BKBenjamin Klugah-Brown
Benjamin Klugah-Brown
XZXinqi Zhou
Xinqi Zhou
BPBasant K. Pradhan
Basant K. Pradhan
JZJana Zweerings
Jana Zweerings
KMKlaus Mathiak
Klaus Mathiak
BBBenjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker

2 February 2022 in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
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XGXianyang Gan
Xianyang Gan
XZXinqi Zhou
Xinqi Zhou
JLJialin Li
Jialin Li
GJGuojuan Jiao
Guojuan Jiao
XJXi Jiang
Xi Jiang
BBBenjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker

24 November 2023 in Psychological Medicine
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MBMercy Chepngetich Bore
Mercy Chepngetich Bore
XLXiqin Liu
Xiqin Liu
XGXianyang Gan
Xianyang Gan
LWLan Wang
Lan Wang
TXTing Xu
Ting Xu
BBBenjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Reward processing dysfunctions are considered a candidate mechanism underlying anhedonia and apathy in depression. Neuroimaging studies have documented that neurofunctional alterations in mesocorticolimbic circuits may neurally mediate these dysfunctions. However, common and distinct neurofunctional alterations during motivational and hedonic evaluation of monetary and natural rewards in depression have not been systematically examined. Here, we capitalized on pre-registered neuroimaging meta-analyses to (1) establish general reward-related neural alterations in depression, (2) determine common and distinct alterations during the receipt and anticipation of monetary v. natural rewards, and, (3) characterize the differences on the behavioral, network, and molecular level. The pre-registered meta-analysis (https://osf.io/ay3r9) included 633 depressed patients and 644 healthy controls and revealed generally decreased subgenual anterior cingulate cortex and striatal reactivity toward rewards in depression. Subsequent comparative analyses indicated that monetary rewards led to decreased hedonic reactivity in the right ventral caudate while natural rewards led to decreased reactivity in the bilateral putamen in depressed individuals. These regions exhibited distinguishable profiles on the behavioral, network, and molecular level. Further analyses demonstrated that the right thalamus and left putamen showed decreased activation during the anticipation of monetary reward. The present results indicate that distinguishable neurofunctional alterations may neurally mediate reward-processing alterations in depression, in particular, with respect to monetary and natural rewards. Given that natural rewards prevail in everyday life, our findings suggest that reward-type specific interventions are warranted and challenge the generalizability of experimental tasks employing monetary incentives to capture reward dysregulations in everyday life.

29 July 2024 in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
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MBMercy Chepngetich Bore
Mercy Chepngetich Bore
XLXiqin Liu
Xiqin Liu
XHXiaoqi Huang
Xiaoqi Huang
KKKeith M. Kendrick
Keith M. Kendrick
BZBo Zhou
Bo Zhou
BBBenjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker