2013
Learning not to Fear: Neural Correlates of Learned Safety
Kong E, Monje FJ, Hirsch J, Pollak DD. Learning not to Fear: Neural Correlates of Learned Safety. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, 39: 515-527. PMID: 23963118, PMCID: PMC3895233, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific affective disordersNeural correlatesAffective disordersFear responsesNeural mechanismsNeurobiological underpinningsInstances of protectionNeural circuitryTranslational neuroscienceChronic stressBasis of insightsNeuroscienceDisordersAnxietyFearIdentification of episodesUnderpinningsCorrelatesCircuitryPeopleAbilitySymptomsHumans
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