Ryan Bottary

TL;DR: Decreased top-down control of the amygdala may increase risk of developing an anxiety disorder with preexisting Primary Insomnia and connectivity decreased with greater neuroticism and pre-scan anxiety.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the extent to which potential changes in mental health outcomes (depressive symptoms, worry, perceived stress, positive and negative affect) throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic were related to differences in perceptions of social support and engagement in virtual social activity, as a function of SGM status.

TL;DR: Compared activation of fear and extinction networks between insomnia disorder (ID) without comorbidity and good sleepers (GS), SCR data suggested ID were more physiologically reactive than GS.

TL;DR: Primary hypotheses about SAD symptom change and EMG blink-startle response failed to differ with naps, despite significant symptom improvement (LSAS) with therapy, and some secondary biomarkers provided preliminary support for enhanced extinction learning with napped support.

TL;DR: Findings support the role of cortical glutamatergic mechanisms in the pathophysiology of MDD and observe no significant association between measures of sleep quality with dACC Glu/Cr in those with MDD.