Understanding the neural substrates of anxiety through mind-brain-body interactions: Integrative investigations from psychology, psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Umeda Satoshi 慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 教授 (90317272)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIMURA Masaru 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 教授 (00190728) ; MORIGUCHI Yoshiya 独立行政法人国立精神・神経医療研究センター, 精神保健研究所, 研究員 (40392477)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TERASAWA Yuri 慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 助教 (30585790)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 不安 / 情動 / 内受容感覚 / 島皮質 / 自律神経障害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Many recent studies have investigated the mechanisms of anxiety and panic symptoms, but causal factors of them remain unresolved. To understanding the neural substrates of anxiety, we focused on the mind-brain-body interactions from integrative perspectives including psychology, psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. A series of experimental studies using MRI and EEG showed the importance of interoception, the involvement of the insular cortex, and that the dysfunction of this mechanism was observed in autonomic disorders.

Free Research Field

認知神経科学