Neural Network Excitation/Inhibition: A Key to Empathy and Empathy Impairment

Yuanhong Tang, Chunjian Wang, Qingquan Li, Gang Liu, Da Song, Zhenzhen Quan, Yan Yan*, Hong Qing

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Empathy is an ability to fully understand and feel the mental states of others. We emphasize that empathy is elicited by the transmission of pain, fear, and sensory information. In clinical studies, impaired empathy has been observed in most psychiatric conditions. However, the precise impairment mechanism of the network systems on the pathogenesis of empathy impairment in psychiatric disorders is still unclear. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that disturbances in the excitatory/inhibitory balance in neurologic disorders are key to empathetic impairment in psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we here describe the roles played by the anterior cingulate cortex– and medial prefrontal cortex–dependent neural circuits and their impairments in psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, depression, and autism. In addition, we review recent studies on the role of microglia in neural network excitation/inhibition imbalance, which contributes to a better understanding of the neural network excitation/inhibition imbalance and may open up innovative psychiatric therapies.

源语言英语
页(从-至)644-665
页数22
期刊Neuroscientist
30
6
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 12月 2024

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Tang, Y., Wang, C., Li, Q., Liu, G., Song, D., Quan, Z., Yan, Y., & Qing, H. (2024). Neural Network Excitation/Inhibition: A Key to Empathy and Empathy Impairment. Neuroscientist, 30(6), 644-665. https://doi.org/10.1177/10738584231223119