Prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and threat processing: implications for PTSD

M Alexandra Kredlow, RJ Fenster, ES Laurent… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Posttraumatic stress disorder can be viewed as a disorder of fear dysregulation. An
abundance of research suggests that the prefrontal cortex is central to fear processing—that …

A systematic review of neural, cognitive, and clinical studies of anger and aggression

Y Richard, N Tazi, D Frydecka, MS Hamid… - Current …, 2023 - Springer
Anger and aggression have large impact on people's safety and the society at large. In order
to provide an intervention to minimise aggressive behaviours, it is important to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent anxiety disorders and the developing brain: comparing neuroimaging findings in adolescents and adults

S Xie, X Zhang, W Cheng, Z Yang - General Psychiatry, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adolescence is the peak period for the incidence of anxiety disorders. Recent findings have
revealed the immaturity of neural networks underlying emotional regulation in this …

Age differences in the neural correlates of anxiety disorders: An fMRI study of response to learned threat

AL Gold, R Abend, JC Britton… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Although both pediatric and adult patients with anxiety disorders exhibit similar
neural responding to threats, age-related differences have been found in some functional …

The clinical applications and practical relevance of human conditioning paradigms for posttraumatic stress disorder

DV Zuj, SD Norrholm - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The classical conditioning paradigm of fear learning has spawned a number of experimental
variations for the explanation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) etiology. These …

Safety learning during development: Implications for development of psychopathology

LR Grasser, T Jovanovic - Behavioural Brain Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Fear and safety learning are necessary adaptive behaviors that develop over the course of
maturation. While there is a large body of literature regarding the neurobiology of fear and …

Early life stress, frontoamygdala connectivity, and biological aging in adolescence: a longitudinal investigation

JG Miller, TC Ho, KL Humphreys, LS King… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Early life stress (ELS) may accelerate frontoamygdala development related to
socioemotional processing, serving as a potential source of resilience. Whether this circuit is …

The role of ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in attention and interpretation biases in individuals with general anxiety disorder (GAD): a tDCS study

V Nejati, S Khalaji, H Goodarzi, M Nitsche - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and purpose of the study: Individuals with general anxiety disorder (GAD) have
deficits in emotional and cognitive processing, including cognitive bias, which plays a causal …

Discrimination exposure, neural reactivity to stress, and psychological distress

DK Grey, JB Purcell, KN Buford… - American Journal of …, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: Discrimination exposure has a detrimental impact on mental health, increasing
the risk of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress. The impact discrimination exposure …

Assessment of conditioned fear extinction in male and female adolescent rats

CJ Perry, DE Ganella, LD Nguyen, X Du… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pavlovian fear conditioning and extinction have been widely studied across many species to
understand emotional learning and memory. Importantly, it is becoming clear that these …