Increased Amygdala and Insula Activation During Emotion Processing in Anxiety-Prone Subjects.

Objective: Increased amygdala reactivity during processing of certain types of emotional stimuli (e.g., fear, anger) has been observed in patients with anxiety disorders such as social phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is uncertain whether this heightened amygdala reactivity is spe...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 164; no. 2; pp. 318 - 328
Autores principales: Stein, Murray B., Simmons, Alan N., Feinstein, Justin S., Paulus, Martin P.
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Publicado: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. February 2007
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