Initial and sustained brain responses to threat anticipation in blood-injection-injury phobia

• Published in: NeuroImage clinical Vol. 13; no. C; pp. 320 - 329
• Main Authors: Brinkmann, Leonie, Poller, Hendrik, Herrmann, Martin J., Miltner, Wolfgang, Straube, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.01.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Amygdala; Amygdala - diagnostic imaging; Amygdala - physiopathology; Anterior cingulate cortex; Anticipation, Psychological - physiology; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST); Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology; Female; fMRI; Hemorrhage - psychology; Humans; Injections - psychology; Insula; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Phobic Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Phobic Disorders - physiopathology; Radiology; Regular; Septal Nuclei - diagnostic imaging; Septal Nuclei - physiopathology; Young Adult; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST); fMRI; Insula; Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex

Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia differs from other subtypes of specific phobia in that it is associated with elevated disgust-sensitivity as well as specific autonomic and brain responses during processing of phobia-relevant stimuli. To what extent these features play a role already during threa...