Amygdala and Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Function During Anticipated Peer Evaluation in Pediatric Social Anxiety

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Authors

Amanda E. Guyer · National Institutes of Health

Jennifer Y. F. Lau · National Institutes of Health

Erin B. Tone · Georgia State University

Jessica M. Parrish · Catholic University of America

Nina D. Shiffrin · National Institutes of Health

Richard C. Reynolds · National Institutes of Health

Gang Chen

Abstract

Anticipating social evaluation from negatively perceived peers modulates amygdala and vlPFC engagement differentially in anxious and healthy adolescents. Amygdala and vlPFC dysfunction manifests in adolescent anxiety disorders in specific contexts of anticipated peer evaluation.

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Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

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Published in: Archives of General Psychiatry

Volume 65, Issue 11, pp. 1303-1303

DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.11.1303

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Amygdala and Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Function During Anticipated Peer Evaluation in Pediatric Social Anxiety

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