What ethologically based models have taught us about the neural systems underlying fear and anxiety

Classical Pavlovian fear conditioning to painful stimuli has provided the generally accepted view of a core system centered in the central amygdala to organize fear responses. Ethologically based models using other sources of threat likely to be expected in a natural environment, such as predators o...

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Main Authors: N.S. Canteras, S.R. Mota-Ortiz, S.C. Motta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2012-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000400006