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
Cortical functional connectivity decodes subconscious, task-irrelevant threat-related emotion processing
Pantazatos SP, Talati A, Pavlidis P, Hirsch J. Cortical functional connectivity decodes subconscious, task-irrelevant threat-related emotion processing. NeuroImage 2012, 61: 1355-1363. PMID: 22484206, PMCID: PMC3393600, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityAffective stimuliCortical-subcortical functional connectivityFearful face processingFear-related stimuliAmygdala functional connectivityMiddle temporal gyrusCortical structuresKey limbic regionsFace processingEmotion processingFear conditionFear processingSubconscious processingAngular gyrusTemporal gyrusCortical functional connectivityRight amygdalaLimbic regionsFC featuresStimuliGyrusProcessingTraining dataPrecuneus