Level of Physical Activity and Fear Learning

Description

The proposed experimental study will be the first to investigate whether exercise vs. sitting enhances consolidation of extinction learning in adults with high AS and anxiety disorders, and the mechanistic pathways of expectancy, affect, and key stress response markers.

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder

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Study overview

The proposed experimental study will be the first to investigate whether exercise vs. sitting enhances consolidation of extinction learning in adults with high AS and anxiety disorders, and the mechanistic pathways of expectancy, affect, and key stress response markers.

The Role of Exercise in the Consolidation of Fear Extinction Learning in Adults With High Anxiety Sensitivity

Level of Physical Activity and Fear Learning

Condition
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New York

NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States, 10016

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Males and females ages 18-60
  • * A primary diagnosis of a DSM-5 anxiety disorder (generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder)
  • * Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 score of ≥23 (i.e., high anxiety sensitivity)
  • * Able and willing to provide informed consent
  • * Lifetime Bipolar Disorder or psychosis
  • * Past 3 months substance use disorder or eating disorder
  • * Current PTSD (past PTSD \> 6 months prior to screening is allowed)
  • * High risk for exercise according to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire and American College of Sports Medicine guidelines with excluded active medical conditions including heart conditions, lung disease, bone/joint problems, or seizures
  • * Women who are currently pregnant
  • * Acute suicide risk (active suicidal ideation with plan and intent) as indicated by a score of ≥4 on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
  • * Benzodiazepine use
  • * Current substance abuse or positive urine toxicology screen (recreational use of marijuana is permitted based on clinical assessment on the MINI structured diagnostic interview that it does not meet criteria for cannabis use disorder)
  • * Stable psychiatric medications for at least 4 weeks prior to experimental procedures

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

NYU Langone Health,

Kristin Szuhany, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

2025-01-14