There is more than the amygdala: Potential threat assessment in the cingulate cortex

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1007-1018

  Fiddick, Laurence ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate; Anxiety; Fear; Insula; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Posterior cingulate; Precautions; Security motivation; Threat

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAZARD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOBIA; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RITUAL; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; THREAT;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 79951580825     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.09.014     Document Type: Review

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