2024
Frontal Norepinephrine Represents a Threat Prediction Error Under Uncertainty
Basu A, Yang J, Yu A, Glaeser-Khan S, Rondeau J, Feng J, Krystal J, Li Y, Kaye A. Frontal Norepinephrine Represents a Threat Prediction Error Under Uncertainty. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 96: 256-267. PMID: 38316333, PMCID: PMC11269024, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.01.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrediction error signalsResponses to conditioned stimuliThreat prediction errorsReinforcement learning modelThreat learningAnticipation of dangerAversive learningMemory strengthConditioned stimulusNoradrenergic signalingDefensive behaviorError signalPrediction errorAuditory stimuliTask structureNorepinephrine releaseNorepinephrineLearning modelsPredictive signalsStimuliFootshockDopamineLearningRewardError
2023
A computational model for learning from repeated traumatic experiences under uncertainty
Kaye A, Rao M, Kwan A, Ressler K, Krystal J. A computational model for learning from repeated traumatic experiences under uncertainty. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2023, 23: 894-904. PMID: 37165181, PMCID: PMC11149767, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-023-01085-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderTraumatic eventsNovel contextThreat perceptionTreatment of PTSDEarly life traumaNeutral cuesThreat responsesStress disorderLife traumaTraumatic experiencesPrediction errorComputational theorySensory cuesPTSD incidenceNovel predictionsUnpredictable footshockInternal statesComputational modelCuesPerceptionSpecific associationFootshockContextTheory
2020
Predictive Processing in Mental Illness: Hierarchical Circuitry for Perception and Trauma
Kaye AP, Krystal JH. Predictive Processing in Mental Illness: Hierarchical Circuitry for Perception and Trauma. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2020, 129: 629-632. PMID: 32757606, DOI: 10.1037/abn0000628.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma-related disordersPredictive processingDisorders of perceptionNeural circuitsHigher-order predictionsAbnormal psychologyPrediction errorSensory stimuliPredictive codingHierarchical circuitryPrior beliefsNew sensory dataPerceptionBayesian processPsychiatric disordersPsychotic disordersHierarchical viewHierarchical organizationMental illnessSensory dataBeliefsDisordersFuture directionsComputational layerProcessing
2019
Neural computations of threat in the aftermath of combat trauma
Homan P, Levy I, Feltham E, Gordon C, Hu J, Li J, Pietrzak RH, Southwick S, Krystal JH, Harpaz-Rotem I, Schiller D. Neural computations of threat in the aftermath of combat trauma. Nature Neuroscience 2019, 22: 470-476. PMID: 30664770, PMCID: PMC6829910, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0315-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPTSD symptomsPost-traumatic stress disorder symptomsHigher PTSD symptom severityThreat-predictive cuesPTSD symptom severityAssociative threatPredictive cuesNeural trackingDisorder symptomsPrediction errorCombat veteransDynamic learning rateNegative outcomesCombat traumaSmaller amygdala volumesNeural computationLatent markersSymptomatic veteransSymptom severityAmygdala volumeAssociabilityCuesLearning rateVeteransSymptoms
2013
Ketamine Effects on Memory Reconsolidation Favor a Learning Model of Delusions
Corlett PR, Cambridge V, Gardner JM, Piggot JS, Turner DC, Everitt JC, Arana FS, Morgan HL, Milton AL, Lee JL, Aitken MR, Dickinson A, Everitt BJ, Absalom AR, Adapa R, Subramanian N, Taylor JR, Krystal JH, Fletcher PC. Ketamine Effects on Memory Reconsolidation Favor a Learning Model of Delusions. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e65088. PMID: 23776445, PMCID: PMC3680467, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory strengthMemory reconsolidationIndividual brain responsesError-dependent learningPsychotogenic effectsSubsequent memoryFear memoryBizarre beliefsBrain responsesDelusional beliefsPrediction errorImpact of ketamineIndividual vulnerabilityBrain signalsSubject studyReconsolidationIndependent samplesLearning procedureMemoryKetamine effectsDelusionsBeliefsPlacebo administrationPsychosisNMDA receptor antagonist
2010
Toward a neurobiology of delusions
Corlett PR, Taylor JR, Wang X, Fletcher PC, Krystal JH. Toward a neurobiology of delusions. Progress In Neurobiology 2010, 92: 345-369. PMID: 20558235, PMCID: PMC3676875, DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFundamental brain mechanismsFronto-striatal circuitsTerms of cognitionPsychological processesBrain mechanismsComputational mechanismsCortical hierarchyPrediction errorSocial learningParietal cortexExternal worldBrain circuitsNeurobiological abnormalitiesNeurobiology of delusionsBrain functionHierarchical predictionBodily agencyDelusionsMemoryReinforcement learningPerceptionMental illnessTranslational understandingLearningCognition
2009
Why Do Delusions Persist?
Corlett PR, Krystal JH, Taylor JR, Fletcher PC. Why Do Delusions Persist? Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2009, 3: 12. PMID: 19636384, PMCID: PMC2713737, DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.012.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research