Towards a causal model for disgust in the anxiety disorders: An integration of evidence from neuroscience

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Cisler, Josh M ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior insula; Anxiety; Blood injection injury; Contamination fears; Disgust

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS; STRESS;

EID: 47749106156     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340008784529304     Document Type: Review

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