title: Recent advances in the brain imaging of social anxiety disorder.
abstract: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common and disabling anxiety disorders, yet much remains to be learned about its psychobiology. Although functional imaging has emphasized the role of the amygdala and other limbic structures in the neurobiology of SAD, structural and connectivity imaging techniques have emphasized the possibility of abnormalities in other regions and in whole-brain networks. The involvement of a broad range of networks in SAD is consistent with current understandings of the neuroanatomy of emotion and of social processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. jfouche@sun.ac.za
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fouche
authors.forename: Nic J A
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: van Der Wee
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roelofs
authors.forename: Dan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology