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2018
Amygdala reactivity and connectivity during social and non-social aversive stimulation in social anxiety disorder
KRAUS, Jakub, Andreas FRICK, Håkan FISCHER, Katarina HOWNER, Mats FREDRIKSON et. al.Basic information
Original name
Amygdala reactivity and connectivity during social and non-social aversive stimulation in social anxiety disorder
Authors
KRAUS, Jakub (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Andreas FRICK (752 Sweden), Håkan FISCHER (752 Sweden), Katarina HOWNER (752 Sweden), Mats FREDRIKSON (752 Sweden) and Tomas FURMARK (752 Sweden)
Edition
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING, Clare, Elsevier Ireland, 2018, 0925-4927
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30215 Psychiatry
Country of publisher
Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.270
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/18:00103532
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000443824900008
Keywords in English
Social phobia; Emotional faces; International Affective Picture System; IAPS; fMRI; Fear
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 11/3/2019 15:29, Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by exaggerated amygdala reactivity in response to symptom provocation, but it is unclear if such hyper-reactivity is elicited by disorder-specific challenges only or characterizes reactions to aversive stimuli in general. Here, using functional magnetic resonance imaging in 14 patients with SAD, as compared to 12 healthy controls, we found that amygdala hyper-reactivity is confined to disorder-relevant social stimulation. SAD patients displayed increased amygdala reactivity to fearful as compared to neutral facial pictures, but not in response to generally aversive but mainly non-social stimulation when compared to neutral pictorial stimuli taken from the International Affective Picture System. The increased amygdala reactivity was not mediated by an altered prefrontal inhibition among SAD patients as compared to controls, suggesting increased bottom-up processes rather than attenuated top-down control. In conclusion, the enhanced amygdala reactivity in SAD seems specific to socially relevant stimuli rather than aversive stimuli in general.