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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2018

Extended amygdala connectivity changes during sustained shock anticipation.

Salvatore Torrisi, Adam X Gorka, Javier Gonzalez-Castillo, Katherine O'Connell, Nicholas Balderston, Christian Grillon, Monique Ernst

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7 authors.

Salvatore TorrisiSection on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. sam.torrisi@nih.gov.
Adam X GorkaSection on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Javier Gonzalez-CastilloSection on Functional Imaging Methods, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6520-5125
Katherine O'ConnellSection on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Nicholas BalderstonSection on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-1544
Christian GrillonSection on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Monique ErnstSection on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

Functional MRI Method DevelopmentZIAMH002783 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI BANDETTINI, PETER · 2009 to 2025
$38.4M
The Psychophysiology Of Fear And AnxietyZIAMH002798 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI GRILLON, CHRISTIAN · 2009 to 2022
$29.0M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002783Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) and central amygdala (CeA) of the extended amygdala are small, anatomically interconnected brain regions. They are thought to mediate responses to sustained, unpredictable threat stimuli and phasic, predictable threat stimuli, respectively. They perform these operations largely through their interconnected networks. In two previous studies, we mapped and contrasted the resting functional connectivity networks of the BNST and CeA at 7 Tesla with high resolution. This follow-up study investigates the changes in functional connectivity of these structures during sustained anticipation of electric shock. Results show that the BNST and CeA become less strongly coupled with the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), cingulate, and nucleus accumbens in shock threat relative to a safety condition. In addition, the CeA becomes more strongly coupled with the thalamus under threat. An exploratory, whole-brain connectivity analysis reveals that, although the BNST/CeA exhibits generally decreased connectivity, many other cortical regions demonstrate greater coupling under threat than safety. Understanding the differential network structures of these two regions and how they contribute to processing under threat will help elucidate the building blocks of the anxious state.

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AdultAnticipation, PsychologicalCentral Amygdaloid NucleusConnectomeFearFemaleGyrus CinguliHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNucleus AccumbensPrefrontal CortexSeptal NucleiThalamusYoung Adult

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PMCPMC5802685

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