Neural circuitry of submissive behavior in social anxiety disorder: A preliminary study of response to direct eye gaze.
Fear of eye gaze is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD) and may represent an evolutionarily conserved submissive behavior. SAD subjects and healthy volunteers who underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging showed significant differences in neural activity in amygdala, fusiform, insula, anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex in response to direct versus averted gaze. Neural response to direct gaze may identify brain regions important in the pathophysiology of SAD.
Schneier
Franklin R
FR
Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA. frs1@columbia.edu
Kent
Justine M
JM
Star
Ava
A
Hirsch
Joy
J
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology
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