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Altered executive control network resting-state connectivity in social anxiety disorder

Altered executive control network resting-state connectivity in social anxiety disorder
Altered executive control network resting-state connectivity in social anxiety disorder
Objectives: Research into the neural basis of social anxiety disorder (SAD) suggests alterations in prefrontal networks, which may in turn disrupt regulation of the limbic system. Better understanding of the disturbed interface between these networks may improve current pathogenic models of this disorder. Methods: Applying group independent component analysis (ICA) to recordings of fMRI resting-state, connectivity in the executive control network was studied in 18 patients with SAD and 15 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Results: Results revealed a dissociation within the left executive control network, with SAD patients showing decreased connectivity of the orbitofrontal gyrus and increased connectivity of the middle frontal gyrus compared to healthy controls. In a subsequent seed-based functional connectivity analysis, patients with SAD displayed increased connectivity between the left orbitofrontal gyrus and the left amygdala. Conclusions: Findings suggest that hypo-connectivity in the executive control network and hyper-connectivity between the orbitofrontal cortex and the amygdala may reflect a disturbance in the balance between top-down and bottom-up control processes, potentially contributing to the development of SAD.
social phobia, fMRI, attention, prefrontal cortex, amygdala
1562-2975
Geiger, M.
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Domschke, K.
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Ipser, J.
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Hattingh, C.
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Baldwin, D.
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Lochner, C.
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Geiger, M., Domschke, K., Ipser, J., Hattingh, C., Baldwin, D., Lochner, C. and Stein, D. (2015) Altered executive control network resting-state connectivity in social anxiety disorder. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. (doi:10.3109/15622975.2015.1083613).

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Objectives: Research into the neural basis of social anxiety disorder (SAD) suggests alterations in prefrontal networks, which may in turn disrupt regulation of the limbic system. Better understanding of the disturbed interface between these networks may improve current pathogenic models of this disorder. Methods: Applying group independent component analysis (ICA) to recordings of fMRI resting-state, connectivity in the executive control network was studied in 18 patients with SAD and 15 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Results: Results revealed a dissociation within the left executive control network, with SAD patients showing decreased connectivity of the orbitofrontal gyrus and increased connectivity of the middle frontal gyrus compared to healthy controls. In a subsequent seed-based functional connectivity analysis, patients with SAD displayed increased connectivity between the left orbitofrontal gyrus and the left amygdala. Conclusions: Findings suggest that hypo-connectivity in the executive control network and hyper-connectivity between the orbitofrontal cortex and the amygdala may reflect a disturbance in the balance between top-down and bottom-up control processes, potentially contributing to the development of SAD.

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Accepted/In Press date: 12 August 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 October 2015
Keywords: social phobia, fMRI, attention, prefrontal cortex, amygdala
Organisations: Clinical & Experimental Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 384250
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/384250
ISSN: 1562-2975
PURE UUID: b16173a9-bb65-401b-bc02-14c81aad98b5
ORCID for D. Baldwin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3343-0907

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Date deposited: 21 Dec 2015 10:27
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:49

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Author: M. Geiger
Author: K. Domschke
Author: J. Ipser
Author: C. Hattingh
Author: D. Baldwin ORCID iD
Author: C. Lochner
Author: D. Stein

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