Unstable prefrontal response to emotional conflict and activation of lower limbic structures and brainstem in remitted panic disorder.

Unstable prefrontal response to emotional conflict and activation of lower limbic structures and brainstem in remitted panic disorder.

BACKGROUND:The neural mechanisms of panic disorder (PD) are only incompletely understood. Higher sensitivity of patients to unspecific fear cues and similarities to conditioned fear suggest involvement of lower limbic and brainstem structures. We investigated if emotion perception is altered in remi...

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Main Authors: Natalya Chechko, Renate Wehrle, Angelika Erhardt, Florian Holsboer, Michael Czisch, Philipp G Sämann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2680057?pdf=render

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