The hippocampus has been implicated in modulating anxiety. It interacts with a variety of
brain regions, both cortical and subcortical areas regulating emotion and stress responses …

Objectives: Biomarkers are defined as anatomical, biochemical or physiological traits that
are specific to certain disorders or syndromes. The objective of this paper is to summarise …

Animal and human studies indicate that cannabidiol (CBD), a major constituent of cannabis,
has anxiolytic properties. However, no study to date has investigated the effects of this …

A functional serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, HTTLPR, alters the risk of
disease as well as brain morphometry and function. Here, we show that HTTLPR is …

Background Error processing and inhibitory control enable the adjustment of behaviors to
meet task demands. Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies report brain activation …

Several functional MRI (fMRI) activation studies have highlighted specific differences in
brain response in social anxiety disorder (SAD) patients. Little is known, so far, about the …

Progress in understanding the underlying neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) has stalled in part because of the considerable problem of heterogeneity within this …

The most prevalent mental disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, are associated with both
functional and morphological brain changes that commonly involve the 'fear …

The Default Mode Network (DMN) is a constellation of brain areas that decrease their activity
during a wide number of different goal-oriented tasks as compared to passive “rest” tasks …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop in some individuals who are exposed to
an event that causes extreme fear, horror, or helplessness (APA,). PTSD is a complex and …