Superior temporal gyrus volumes in pediatric generalized anxiety disorder
MD De Bellis, MS Keshavan, H Shifflett, S Iyengar… - Biological …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: The essential symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are intrusive
worry about everyday life circumstances and social competence, and associated autonomic
hyperarousal. The amygdala, a brain region involved in fear and fear-related behaviors in
animals, and its projections to the superior temporal gyrus (STG), thalamus, and to the
prefrontal cortex are thought to comprise the neural basis of our abilities to interpret social
behaviors. Larger amygdala volumes were previously reported in pediatric GAD; however …
worry about everyday life circumstances and social competence, and associated autonomic
hyperarousal. The amygdala, a brain region involved in fear and fear-related behaviors in
animals, and its projections to the superior temporal gyrus (STG), thalamus, and to the
prefrontal cortex are thought to comprise the neural basis of our abilities to interpret social
behaviors. Larger amygdala volumes were previously reported in pediatric GAD; however …