A neural signature for the subjective experience of threat anticipation under uncertainty

Author:

Liu Xiqin,Jiao Guojuan,Zhou Feng,Kendrick Keith M,Yao Dezhong,Xiang Shitong,Jia Tianye,Zhang XiaoyongORCID,Zhang Jie,Feng Jianfeng,Becker BenjaminORCID

Abstract

AbstractUncertainty about potential future threats and the associated anxious anticipation represents a key feature of anxiety. However, the neural systems that underlie the subjective experience of threat anticipation under uncertainty remain unclear. Combining a novel uncertain shock anticipation paradigm that allows precise modulation of the level of momentary anxious arousal during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with multivariate predictive modeling, we trained a brain model that accurately predicted the intensity of subjective experience of anxious arousal on the population and individual level. In a series of analyses utilizing available fMRI datasets, we further demonstrate that the signature specifically predicted anxious anticipation and was not sensitive in predicting pain, general anticipation or unspecific arousal. The signature was functionally and spatially distinguishable from representations of subjective fear or negative affect. We developed a sensitive, generalizable, and specific neuromarker for subjective anxious arousal experienced during uncertain threat anticipation that can facilitate model development and clinical translation.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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