Basolateral amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal cortex connectivity predicts cognitive behavioural therapy outcome in

Miquel A Fullana1, Xi Zhu1, Pino Alonso1

  • 1From the Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona and IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain (Fullana); CIBERSAM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain (Fullana, Alonso, Cardoner, Real, López-Solà, Segalàs, Subirà, Menchón, Soriano-Mas); the Department of Psychiatry, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain (Fullana, Cardoner); the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, and Division of Clinical Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA (Fullana, Zhu, Simpson); the Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain (Alonso, Real, Segalàs, Subirà, Menchón, Soriano-Mas); the Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (Alonso, Menchón); the Depression and Anxiety Unit, Mental Health Department, Parc Taulí Sabadell University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (Cardoner, López-Solà); the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA, and Columbia Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (Galfalvy); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (Marsh); and the Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (Soriano-Mas).

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