Functional gene polymorphisms in the serotonin system and traumatic life events modulate the neural basis of fear acquisition and extinction.

Fear acquisition and extinction are crucial mechanisms in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders. Moreover, they might play a pivotal role in conveying the influence of genetic and environmental factors on the development of a (more or less) stronger proneness for, or resilience against p...

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Main Authors: Andrea Hermann, Yvonne Küpper, Anja Schmitz, Bertram Walter, Dieter Vaitl, Jürgen Hennig, Rudolf Stark, Katharina Tabbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3434167?pdf=render