Interoception refers to the process by which the nervous system senses and integrates
signals originating from within the body, providing a momentary mapping of the body's …

Disrupted interoception is a prominent feature of the diagnostic classification of several
psychiatric disorders. However, progress in understanding the interoceptive basis of these …

Objective Clinical and neurobiological models posited that dissociative mechanisms might
affect processes involved in emotional generation and regulation. However, there is a lack of …

The autonomic nervous system regulates all aspects of normal cardiac function, and is
recognized to play a critical role in the pathophysiology of many cardiovascular diseases. As …

Interoception is crucial for human health as it constitutes the afferent component of the brain-
body feedback loop that is essential for maintaining physiological equilibrium. Disruption in …

The amygdala processes and directs inputs and outputs that are key to fear behavior.
However, whether it directly senses fear-evoking stimuli is unknown. Because the amygdala …

Decades of research have highlighted the amygdala's influential role in fear. We found that
inhalation of 35% CO2 evoked not only fear, but also panic attacks, in three rare patients …

Although the amygdala plays an important part in the pathogenesis of anxiety and
generation of exteroceptive fear, recent discoveries have challenged the directionality of this …

This study employed a series of heartbeat perception tasks to assess the hypothesis that
cardiac interoceptive processing in individuals with depression/anxiety (N= 221), and …

There is a growing interest for studying the impact of chronic inflammation, particularly lung
inflammation, on the brain and behavior. This includes asthma, a chronic inflammatory …