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
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