Amit Etkin

Summary

Affiliation: Stanford University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Individual differences in trait anxiety predict the response of the basolateral amygdala to unconsciously processed fearful faces
    Amit Etkin
    Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, fMRI Research Center, 170 West 168th Street, Box 108, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Neuron 44:1043-55. 2004
  2. ncbi Common abnormalities and disorder-specific compensation during implicit regulation of emotional processing in generalized anxiety and major depressive disorders
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 4 0 1 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 168:968-78. 2011
  3. ncbi Functional neuroanatomy of anxiety: a neural circuit perspective
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2:251-77. 2010
  4. ncbi Emotional processing in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    Trends Cogn Sci 15:85-93. 2011
  5. ncbi Failure of anterior cingulate activation and connectivity with the amygdala during implicit regulation of emotional processing in generalized anxiety disorder
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research, and the Program in Neuroscience, Stanford University, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:545-54. 2010
  6. ncbi Disrupted amygdalar subregion functional connectivity and evidence of a compensatory network in generalized anxiety disorder
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1361-72. 2009
  7. ncbi Functional neuroimaging of anxiety: a meta-analysis of emotional processing in PTSD, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1476-88. 2007
  8. ncbi Explicit and implicit emotion regulation: a dual-process framework
    Anett Gyurak
    Department of Psychiatry, 401 Quarry Road, MC 5797, Stanford, CA 94305 5797, USA
    Cogn Emot 25:400-12. 2011
  9. ncbi Dissociable neural systems resolve conflict from emotional versus nonemotional distracters
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Cereb Cortex 18:1475-84. 2008
  10. ncbi Resolving emotional conflict: a role for the rostral anterior cingulate cortex in modulating activity in the amygdala
    Amit Etkin
    Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, Neurological Institute Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Neuron 51:871-82. 2006

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Individual differences in trait anxiety predict the response of the basolateral amygdala to unconsciously processed fearful faces
    Amit Etkin
    Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, fMRI Research Center, 170 West 168th Street, Box 108, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Neuron 44:1043-55. 2004
    ..These findings provide a biological basis for the unconscious emotional vigilance characteristic of anxiety and a means for investigating the mechanisms and efficacy of treatments for anxiety...
  2. ncbi Common abnormalities and disorder-specific compensation during implicit regulation of emotional processing in generalized anxiety and major depressive disorders
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 4 0 1 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 168:968-78. 2011
    ..The authors examined emotional conflict processing using a salient stimulus associated with observable and interpretable behavioral outcomes and with activation in limbic and prefrontal regions implicated in anxiety and depression...
  3. ncbi Functional neuroanatomy of anxiety: a neural circuit perspective
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2:251-77. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Emotional processing in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    Trends Cogn Sci 15:85-93. 2011
    ..Moreover, this new framework is broadly consistent with emerging data on other negative and positive emotions...
  5. ncbi Failure of anterior cingulate activation and connectivity with the amygdala during implicit regulation of emotional processing in generalized anxiety disorder
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research, and the Program in Neuroscience, Stanford University, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:545-54. 2010
    ..Here the authors examined whether this form of noninstructed emotion regulation is perturbed in generalized anxiety disorder...
  6. ncbi Disrupted amygdalar subregion functional connectivity and evidence of a compensatory network in generalized anxiety disorder
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1361-72. 2009
    ..A functional connectivity approach at the subregional level may therefore yield novel insights into GAD...
  7. ncbi Functional neuroimaging of anxiety: a meta-analysis of emotional processing in PTSD, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia
    Amit Etkin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1476-88. 2007
    ..The authors also compared these deficits to the neural systems engaged during anticipatory anxiety in healthy subjects...
  8. ncbi Explicit and implicit emotion regulation: a dual-process framework
    Anett Gyurak
    Department of Psychiatry, 401 Quarry Road, MC 5797, Stanford, CA 94305 5797, USA
    Cogn Emot 25:400-12. 2011
    ..In the third section, we turn to several forms of implicit emotion regulation, and integrate the burgeoning literature in this area. We conclude by outlining open questions and areas for future research...
  9. ncbi Dissociable neural systems resolve conflict from emotional versus nonemotional distracters
    Tobias Egner
    Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University, Neurological Institute, Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Cereb Cortex 18:1475-84. 2008
    ..These data suggest that the neuroanatomical networks recruited to overcome conflict vary systematically with the nature of the conflict, but that they may share a common conflict-detection mechanism...
  10. ncbi Resolving emotional conflict: a role for the rostral anterior cingulate cortex in modulating activity in the amygdala
    Amit Etkin
    Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, Neurological Institute Box 108, 710 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Neuron 51:871-82. 2006
    ..These data suggest that emotional conflict is resolved through top-down inhibition of amygdalar activity by the rostral cingulate cortex...