Neurocognitive mechanisms of fear conditioning and vulnerability to anxiety

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages

  Dunsmoor, Joseph E ^a   Åhs, Fredrik ^a   Labar, Kevin S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; VENTRAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84933672677     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00035     Document Type: Article

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