2024
Pre-scan state anxiety is associated with greater right amygdala-hippocampal response to fearful versus happy faces among trait-anxious Latina girls
Díaz D, Tseng W, Michalska K. Pre-scan state anxiety is associated with greater right amygdala-hippocampal response to fearful versus happy faces among trait-anxious Latina girls. BMC Psychiatry 2024, 24: 1. PMID: 38167015, PMCID: PMC10759434, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05403-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsState anxietyTrait anxietyHappy facesEmotion processingLatina girlsImplicit emotion processingNon-anxious youthHigh trait anxietyFearful facial affectFearful facesEmotional valenceFacial affectNeural correlatesIndividual differencesBrain activationBrain responsesNeural activationReduced engagementCommunity sampleAnxietyInteractive effectsHigh levelsGirlsMethodsThe present studySystematic differences
2021
Neural correlates of extinguished threat recall underlying the commonality between pediatric anxiety and irritability
Tseng WL, Abend R, Gold AL, Brotman MA. Neural correlates of extinguished threat recall underlying the commonality between pediatric anxiety and irritability. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2021, 295: 920-929. PMID: 34706463, PMCID: PMC8554134, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh negative affectivityNegative affectivityThreat appraisalPediatric anxietyAnxiety disordersThreat-safety discriminationWhole-brain activationLinear mixed effects analysisNegative affectivity factorExtinction recallThreat conditioningThreat contingenciesElevated irritabilityNeural correlatesTransdiagnostic sampleGreater prefrontalOccipital activationUnique varianceExplicit recallThreat responsesFMRI paradigmNeural mechanismsTask conditionsAmygdala connectivityMixed effects analysis
2018
A Latent Variable Approach to Differentiating Neural Mechanisms of Irritability and Anxiety in Youth
Kircanski K, White LK, Tseng WL, Wiggins JL, Frank HR, Sequeira S, Zhang S, Abend R, Towbin KE, Stringaris A, Pine DS, Leibenluft E, Brotman MA. A Latent Variable Approach to Differentiating Neural Mechanisms of Irritability and Anxiety in Youth. JAMA Psychiatry 2018, 75: 631-639. PMID: 29625429, PMCID: PMC6137523, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAmygdalaAnxietyAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityBrainCase-Control StudiesCaudate NucleusCerebral CortexChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingHumansIrritable MoodLatent Class AnalysisMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMood DisordersNeural PathwaysParietal LobePrefrontal CortexConceptsParent-reported irritabilityNeural mechanismsAnxiety symptomsLatent variable approachPediatric irritabilityNeural correlatesAmygdala connectivityShared varianceCross-sectional functional magnetic resonance imaging studyNeural activityFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyDot-probe taskAffective Reactivity IndexVentrolateral prefrontal cortexCommon neural mechanismsAmygdala functional connectivityFunctional magnetic resonanceLevels of irritabilityWhole-brain analysisInferior parietal lobuleData-driven phenotypingMultiple diagnostic categoriesCo-occurring symptomsMagnetic resonance imaging studyNeutral faces