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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Systems Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Anxiety disorders (AD) are linked to altered brain network connectivity, but cross-disorder comparisons are limited.
  • Understanding shared and distinct neural signatures across AD phenotypes is crucial for personalized treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate cross-disorder differences in functional connectivity (FC) using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI).
  • To compare FC patterns in patients with panic disorder/agoraphobia (PD/AG), social anxiety disorder (SAD), and specific phobia (SP) against healthy controls (HC).

Main Methods:

  • rsfMRI data from 439 AD patients (PD/AG, SAD, SP) and 105 HC were analyzed.
  • Region-of-interest (ROI)-to-ROI analyses focused on connectivity within the defensive and prefrontal regulatory systems.
  • Categorical and dimensional analyses were performed to identify FC differences.

Main Results:

  • AD patients showed increased insula-thalamus connectivity compared to HC.
  • PD/AG patients exhibited widespread subcortical-cortical connectivity changes, including increased insula-thalamus and decreased prefrontal-cingulate connectivity.
  • SAD patients displayed decreased negative connectivity between insula and orbitofrontal cortex, while SP patients showed no significant FC differences.

Conclusions:

  • Distinct functional connectivity profiles exist across different anxiety disorder phenotypes.
  • Findings suggest categorical differences in brain network alterations, particularly in PD/AG and SAD.
  • These results support the development of personalized, neuroscience-informed treatments for anxiety disorders.