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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-04-01
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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 |
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