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Differential alterations of resting‐state functional connectivity in generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder

HuiRu Cui, Jie Zhang, Yicen Liu, Qingwei Li, Hui Li, Lanlan Zhang, et al.
Human Brain Mapping Summary & key facts 2016 117 citations

Researchers compared whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity in 21 people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), 18 people with panic disorder (PD), and 22 matched healthy controls. They used a new measure called scaled correlation to look for differences across the brain. GAD showed stronger connections between the hippocampus/parahippocampus and the fusiform…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Neural dynamics and brain function
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