Fear and anxiety play a central role in mammalian life, and there is considerable interest in
clarifying their nature, identifying their biological underpinnings, and determining their …

Anxiety and fear-related disorders are common and disabling, and they significantly
increase risk for suicide and other causes of morbidity and mortality. However, there is …

This Handbook brings together and integrates comprehensively the core approaches to fear
and anxiety. Its four sections: Animal models; neural systems; pharmacology; and clinical …

Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and
humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by …

Tremendous progress has been made in basic neuroscience in recent decades. One area
that has been especially successful is research on how the brain detects and responds to …

The past several decades has seen considerable progress in our understanding of the
neurobiology of fear and anxiety. These advancements were spurred on by envisioning fear …

When the basic survival mechanism of fear goes awry, the result is often an anxiety disorder.
The activation and modulation of the fear system in animals and humans has thus been an …

Anxiety can be hugely disruptive to everyday life. Anxious individuals show increased
attentional capture by potential signs of danger, and interpret expressions, comments and …

Fear and anxiety are largely seen as separate entities, a distinction that inspires and shapes
basic and clinical research. Evidence for this distinction has a rich translational base and …

Fear is a ubiquitous experience among humankind that can be traced back to a distant
mammalian heritage. Recent world events, with terrorist attacks randomly striking innocent …