2023
Volume of subcortical brain regions in social anxiety disorder: mega-analytic results from 37 samples in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group
Groenewold N, Bas-Hoogendam J, Amod A, Laansma M, Van Velzen L, Aghajani M, Hilbert K, Oh H, Salas R, Jackowski A, Pan P, Salum G, Blair J, Blair K, Hirsch J, Pantazatos S, Schneier F, Talati A, Roelofs K, Volman I, Blanco-Hinojo L, Cardoner N, Pujol J, Beesdo-Baum K, Ching C, Thomopoulos S, Jansen A, Kircher T, Krug A, Nenadić I, Stein F, Dannlowski U, Grotegerd D, Lemke H, Meinert S, Winter A, Erb M, Kreifelts B, Gong Q, Lui S, Zhu F, Mwangi B, Soares J, Wu M, Bayram A, Canli M, Tükel R, Westenberg P, Heeren A, Cremers H, Hofmann D, Straube T, Doruyter A, Lochner C, Peterburs J, Van Tol M, Gur R, Kaczkurkin A, Larsen B, Satterthwaite T, Filippi C, Gold A, Harrewijn A, Zugman A, Bülow R, Grabe H, Völzke H, Wittfeld K, Böhnlein J, Dohm K, Kugel H, Schrammen E, Zwanzger P, Leehr E, Sindermann L, Ball T, Fonzo G, Paulus M, Simmons A, Stein M, Klumpp H, Phan K, Furmark T, Månsson K, Manzouri A, Avery S, Blackford J, Clauss J, Feola B, Harper J, Sylvester C, Lueken U, Veltman D, Winkler A, Jahanshad N, Pine D, Thompson P, Stein D, Van der Wee N. Volume of subcortical brain regions in social anxiety disorder: mega-analytic results from 37 samples in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 28: 1079-1089. PMID: 36653677, PMCID: PMC10804423, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01933-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anxiety disorderSubcortical brain regionsAnxiety disordersSAD patientsBilateral putamen volumesSubcortical regionsBrain regionsLinear mixed effects analysisComorbid anxiety disordersSubcortical volumesFamily-wise errorPutamen volumeSAD onsetVolumetric differencesPallidum volumeMixed effects analysisD effect sizesInconsistent findingsLeft putamenEffect sizeFull samplePrevious findingsInternational sampleSignificant interactionLimited convergence
2015
A pilot study of gray matter volume changes associated with paroxetine treatment and response in social anxiety disorder
Talati A, Pantazatos SP, Hirsch J, Schneier F. A pilot study of gray matter volume changes associated with paroxetine treatment and response in social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Research 2015, 231: 279-285. PMID: 25659476, PMCID: PMC4363180, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxetine treatmentSignificant gray matter reductionsGray matter volume changesAnxiety disordersNeuro-anatomical changesGray matter reductionsSocial anxiety disorderClinical responseLiebowitz Social Anxiety ScaleSymptom improvementRight thalamusVBM8 toolboxLeft thalamusSuccessful treatmentWeek 8Bilateral caudateControl groupGray matterDSM-IVSymptom severityLongitudinal changesPilot study
2013
Reduced Anterior Temporal and Hippocampal Functional Connectivity During Face Processing Discriminates Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder from Healthy Controls and Panic Disorder, and Increases Following Treatment
Pantazatos SP, Talati A, Schneier FR, Hirsch J. Reduced Anterior Temporal and Hippocampal Functional Connectivity During Face Processing Discriminates Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder from Healthy Controls and Panic Disorder, and Increases Following Treatment. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, 39: 425-434. PMID: 24084831, PMCID: PMC3870777, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anxiety disorderFunctional connectivityAnxiety disordersFace perceptionTemporal poleFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyPanic disorderSpecific anxiety disordersIndependent replication sampleHippocampal functional connectivityMagnetic resonance imaging studyFace processingPerceptual tasksResonance imaging studyBrain activationSAD diagnosisReplication sampleHIGH-SADSAD samplesSimilar tasksDisorder-specific biomarkersFC featuresSymptom severityAnterior temporalPerception
2012
Gray Matter Abnormalities in Social Anxiety Disorder: Primary, Replication, and Specificity Studies
Talati A, Pantazatos SP, Schneier FR, Weissman MM, Hirsch J. Gray Matter Abnormalities in Social Anxiety Disorder: Primary, Replication, and Specificity Studies. Biological Psychiatry 2012, 73: 75-84. PMID: 22748614, PMCID: PMC3465490, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.05.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl subjectsAnxiety disordersGray matter abnormalitiesHealthy control groupAge 30 yearsDSM-IV criteriaTotal intracranial volumeVoxel-based morphometryGray matter differencesMagnetic resonance imagingBilateral temporal poleLateral orbitofrontal cortexPanic disorder subjectsAngular cortexPD groupFunctional disturbancesNeuroanatomical abnormalitiesSocial anxiety disorderControl groupTemporal poleStructural abnormalitiesLifetime historyResonance imagingSAD groupIntracranial volume
2011
Neural response to eye contact and paroxetine treatment in generalized social anxiety disorder
Schneier FR, Pomplun M, Sy M, Hirsch J. Neural response to eye contact and paroxetine treatment in generalized social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Research 2011, 194: 271-278. PMID: 22047726, PMCID: PMC3230304, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxetine treatmentInferior parietal lobuleGeneralized social anxiety disorderNeural responsesPosterior cingulateParietal lobuleAnxiety disordersGSAD patientsEye contactMiddle occipital cortexMiddle frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonanceSymptomatic improvementHealthy comparison participantsOccipital cortexSocial anxiety disorderSymptom reductionAnterior cingulatePatientsUnmedicated adultsParahippocampal cortexNeural circuitrySupramarginal gyrusFrontal gyrusCingulate
2009
Neural circuitry of submissive behavior in social anxiety disorder: A preliminary study of response to direct eye gaze
Schneier FR, Kent JM, Star A, Hirsch J. Neural circuitry of submissive behavior in social anxiety disorder: A preliminary study of response to direct eye gaze. Psychiatry Research 2009, 173: 248-250. PMID: 19628377, PMCID: PMC2745296, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anxiety disorderEye gazeAnxiety disordersPathophysiology of SADSubmissive behaviorFunctional magnetic resonance imagingDirect eye gazeAverted gazeDirect gazeNeural responsesPrefrontal cortexSAD subjectsAnterior cingulateNeural circuitryNeural activityBrain regionsGazeMagnetic resonance imagingHealthy volunteersResonance imagingDisordersInsulaCingulateFearSignificant differences