Antidepressant drug treatment modifies the neural processing of nonconscious threat cues.

BACKGROUND: The amygdala is believed to play a key role in processing emotionally salient, threat-relevant, events that require further online processing by cortical regions. Emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety have been associated with hyperactivity of the amygdala, but it is unknown...

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Main Authors: Harmer, C, Mackay, C, Reid, C, Cowen, P, Goodwin, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006