Anticipatory Threat Responding: Associations With Anxiety, Development, and Brain Structure
Abend R, Gold A, Britton J, Michalska K, Shechner T, Sachs J, Winkler A, Leibenluft E, Averbeck B, Pine D. Anticipatory Threat Responding: Associations With Anxiety, Development, and Brain Structure. Biological Psychiatry 2019, 87: 916-925. PMID: 31955915, PMCID: PMC7211142, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin conductance responsesConductance responsesBrain structuresThreat conditioningPathological anxietyComparison subjectsPsychophysiological responsesLarger patient samplesPrefrontal cortical thicknessHealthy comparison subjectsStructural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dataThreat stimuliAnticipatory respondingExtinction paradigmStimulus typeMagnetic resonance imaging dataWide age rangeCortical thicknessPatientsNeurodevelopmental changesAnticipatory responsesTranslational advancesStructural brainAdult populationPatient samples