Clarifying the role of the rostral dmPFC/dACC in fear/anxiety: learning, appraisal or expression?

Recent studies have begun to carve out a specific role for the rostral part of the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) and adjacent dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) in fear/anxiety. Within a novel general framework of dorsal mPFC/ACC areas subserving the appraisal of threat and concomitan...

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Main Authors: Simon Maier, Anna Szalkowski, Susanne Kamphausen, Evgeniy Perlov, Bernd Feige, Jens Blechert, Alexandra Philipsen, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Raffael Kalisch, Oliver Tüscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3506550?pdf=render