Location-dependent threat and associated neural abnormalities in clinical anxiety

Suarez-Jimenez and colleagues use a shock and safe zone experiment with fMRI imaging to examine how pathological anxiety disorders are manifested in the brain. Their findings suggest that safe and dangerous zones within the experiment alter activation in different brain regions.

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Main Authors: Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, Nicholas L. Balderston, James A. Bisby, Joseph Leshin, Abigail Hsiung, John A. King, Daniel S. Pine, Neil Burgess, Christian Grillon, Monique Ernst
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/aac05a5f0b2447ef936c9dfcce2eba8a
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Summary:Suarez-Jimenez and colleagues use a shock and safe zone experiment with fMRI imaging to examine how pathological anxiety disorders are manifested in the brain. Their findings suggest that safe and dangerous zones within the experiment alter activation in different brain regions.