Oxytocin Attenuates Amygdala Reactivity to Fear in Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder

Patients with generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD) exhibit heightened activation of the amygdala in response to social cues conveying threat (eg, fearful/angry faces). The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) decreases anxiety and stress, facilitates social encounters, and attenuates amygdala reactivit...

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Glavni autori: Labuschagne, Izelle, Phan, K Luan, Wood, Amanda, Angstadt, Mike, Chua, Phyllis, Heinrichs, Markus, Stout, Julie C, Nathan, Pradeep J
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Nature Publishing Group 2010
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055328/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20720535
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2010.123
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