Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the right inferior frontal gyrus attenuates skin conductance responses to unpredictable threat conditions

Patients with panic and post-traumatic stress disorders seem to show increased psychophysiological reactions to conditions of unpredictable threat, which has been discussed as a neurobiological marker of elevated levels of sustained fear in these disorders. Interestingly, a recent study found that t...

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Main Authors: Martin J. Herrmann, Jennifer Beier, Bibiane Simons, Thomas Polak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00352/full