Prefrontal-amygdala fear networks come into focus

The ability to form associations between aversive threats and their predictors is fundamental to survival. However, fear and anxiety in excess are detrimental and are a hallmark of psychiatric diseases such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD symptomatology includes persistent and intrusi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maithe eArruda-Carvalho, Roger Lee Clem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00145/full