The inverse relationship between the microstructural variability of amygdala-prefrontal pathways and trait anxiety is moderated by sex

MJ Kim, AC Brown, AM Mattek, SJ Chavez… - Frontiers in systems …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Anxiety impacts the quality of everyday life and may facilitate the development of affective
disorders, possibly through concurrent alterations in neural circuitry. Findings from …

Morphological similarity of amygdala-ventral prefrontal pathways represents trait anxiety in younger and older adults

W Kim, MJ Kim - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Stronger amygdala-ventral prefrontal white matter connectivity has been associated with
lower trait anxiety, possibly reflecting an increased capacity for efficient communication …

A network of amygdala connections predict individual differences in trait anxiety

SG Greening, DGV Mitchell - Human brain mapping, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we demonstrate that the pattern of an amygdala‐centric network contributes to
individual differences in trait anxiety. Individual differences in trait anxiety were predicted …

Structural connectome-based prediction of trait anxiety

C Yoo, S Park, MJ Kim - Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Neurobiological research on anxiety has shown that trait-anxious individuals may be
characterized by weaker structural connectivity of the amygdala-prefrontal circuitry …

Anxiety dissociates dorsal and ventral medial prefrontal cortex functional connectivity with the amygdala at rest

MJ Kim, DG Gee, RA Loucks, FC Davis… - Cerebral …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Anxiety is linked to compromised interactions between the amygdala and the dorsal and
ventral medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). While numerous task-based neuroimaging studies …

Lifespan anxiety is reflected in human amygdala cortical connectivity

Y He, T Xu, W Zhang, XN Zuo - Human Brain Mapping, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The amygdala plays a pivotal role in processing anxiety and connects to large‐scale brain
networks. However, intrinsic functional connectivity (iFC) between amygdala and these …

[HTML][HTML] Trait and state anxiety are mapped differently in the human brain

F Saviola, E Pappaianni, A Monti, A Grecucci… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Anxiety is a mental state characterized by an intense sense of tension, worry or
apprehension, relative to something adverse that might happen in the future. Researchers …

Perceived stress modulates the activity between the amygdala and the cortex

I Caetano, S Ferreira, A Coelho, L Amorim… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The significant link between stress and psychiatric disorders has prompted research on
stress's impact on the brain. Interestingly, previous studies on healthy subjects have …

[HTML][HTML] A common brain network among state, trait, and pathological anxiety from whole-brain functional connectivity

Y Takagi, Y Sakai, Y Abe, S Nishida, BJ Harrison… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Anxiety is one of the most common mental states of humans. Although it drives us to avoid
frightening situations and to achieve our goals, it may also impose significant suffering and …

Emotion regulation and trait anxiety are predicted by the microstructure of fibers between amygdala and prefrontal cortex

AS Eden, J Schreiber, A Anwander… - Journal of …, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Diffusion tensor imaging revealed that trait anxiety predicts the microstructural properties of
a prespecified fiber tract between the amygdala and the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex …