2022
Computational modeling of threat learning reveals links with anxiety and neuroanatomy in humans
Abend R, Burk D, Ruiz S, Gold A, Napoli J, Britton J, Michalska K, Shechner T, Winkler A, Leibenluft E, Pine D, Averbeck B. Computational modeling of threat learning reveals links with anxiety and neuroanatomy in humans. ELife 2022, 11: e66169. PMID: 35473766, PMCID: PMC9197395, DOI: 10.7554/elife.66169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThreat learningAnxiety severitySafety learningNeuroanatomical substratesGreater anxiety severitySkin conductance dataThreat conditioningThreat extinctionThreat generalizationGray matter volumeSafe stimuliAssociative learningComputational mechanismsAnxiety symptomsAnxiety disordersInfluential theoriesSlower extinctionComputational modelLearningWhole brain anatomyAnxietyComputational modelingStructural imagingStimuliTask
2021
Recent advances in understanding neural correlates of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents
Zugman A, Winkler A, Pine D. Recent advances in understanding neural correlates of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Current Opinion In Psychiatry 2021, 34: 617-623. PMID: 34475352, PMCID: PMC8490291, DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000000743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety disordersBrain regionsMedial prefrontal cortexNeural indicesLow-level threatNeural correlatesSmall effect sizesPrefrontal cortexNeural circuitryBrain circuitryCircuitry dysfunctionBrain connectivityCommon psychiatric diagnosesFearEffect sizeMost mental illnessesStria terminalisBed nucleusAnxietyAdolescentsPsychiatric diagnosisMental illnessRecent workDisordersChildren
2019
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 samplesCombining fMRI during resting state and an attention bias task in children
Harrewijn A, Abend R, Linke J, Brotman M, Fox N, Leibenluft E, Winkler A, Pine D. Combining fMRI during resting state and an attention bias task in children. NeuroImage 2019, 205: 116301. PMID: 31639510, PMCID: PMC6911838, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDot-probe taskAttention bias taskFunctional connectivityThreat biasBias taskCognitive tasksDifferent attentional processesReconfiguration efficiencyTask-based fMRI dataAttentional processesAttention taskSocial reticenceTask performanceAttention stateAnxiety symptomsFMRI dataPattern of modulationPrior researchTaskIQFMRICurrent studyChildrenFunctional hierarchyNetwork changes