PMID- 26385540 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160627 LR - 20220408 IS - 1872-7123 (Electronic) IS - 0165-1781 (Linking) VI - 234 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Oct 30 TI - Aberrant functional connectivity of resting state networks associated with trait anxiety. PG - 25-34 LID - S0925-4927(15)30030-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.07.006 [doi] AB - Trait anxiety, a personality dimension, has been characterized by functional consequences such as increased distractibility, attentional bias in favor of threat-related information and hyper-responsive amygdala. However, literature on the association between resting state brain functional connectivity, as studied using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), and reported anxiety levels in the sub-clinical population is limited. In the present study, we employed rs-fMRI to investigate the possible alterations in the functional integrity of Resting State Networks (RSNs) associated with trait anxiety of the healthy subjects (15 high anxious and 14 low anxious). The rs-fMRI data was analyzed using independent component analysis and a dual regression approach that was applied on 12 RSNs that were identified using FSL. High anxious subjects showed significantly reduced functional connectivity in regions of the default mode network (posterior cingulate gyrus, middle and superior temporal gyrus, planum polare, supramarginal gyrus, temporal pole, angular gyrus and lateral occipital gyrus) which has been suggested to be involved in episodic memory, theory of mind, self-evaluation, and introspection, and perceptual systems including medial visual network, auditory network and another network involving temporal, parieto-occipital and frontal regions. Reduction in resting state connectivity in regions of the perceptual networks might underlie the perceptual, attentional and working memory deficits associated with trait anxiety. To our knowledge, this is the first study to relate trait anxiety to resting state connectivity using independent component analysis. CI - Copyright (c) 2015. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. FAU - Modi, Shilpi AU - Modi S AD - Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India. FAU - Kumar, Mukesh AU - Kumar M AD - Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India. FAU - Kumar, Pawan AU - Kumar P AD - Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India. FAU - Khushu, Subash AU - Khushu S AD - Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India. Electronic address: skhushu@inmas.drdo.in. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150708 PL - Ireland TA - Psychiatry Res JT - Psychiatry research JID - 7911385 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Anxiety/*physiopathology MH - Attention/physiology MH - Brain/*physiopathology MH - Brain Mapping/methods MH - Diagnostic Self Evaluation MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Nerve Net/*physiopathology MH - Personality/*physiology MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anxiety OT - Auditory OT - Functional connectivity OT - Resting-state fMRI OT - Sensory OT - Visual EDAT- 2015/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/28 06:00 CRDT- 2015/09/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/04/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/07/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/28 06:00 [medline] AID - S0925-4927(15)30030-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.07.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychiatry Res. 2015 Oct 30;234(1):25-34. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.07.006. Epub 2015 Jul 8.