Fear, anxiety and their disorders: Past, present and future neural theories

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-181

  McNaughton, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Cingulate cortex; Fear; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERSONALITY; STRESS;

EID: 83455235223     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2011.2.002     Document Type: Article

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