Intolerance of uncertainty predicts fear extinction in amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal cortical circuitry

Biology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Morriss, Jayne ^a   Christakou, Anastasia ^a   van Reekum, Carien M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear extinction; fMRI; Intolerance of uncertainty; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001655805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20455380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13587-015-0019-8     Document Type: Article

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