Functional connectivity of amygdala subnuclei in PTSD: a narrative review

EM Haris, RA Bryant, T Williamson… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
While the amygdala is often implicated in the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), the pattern of results remains mixed. One reason for this may be the heterogeneity …

The role of Serotonin in fear learning and memory: A systematic review of human studies

F Tortora, AL Hadipour, S Battaglia, A Falzone… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fear is characterized by distinct behavioral and physiological responses that are essential
for the survival of the human species. Fear conditioning (FC) serves as a valuable model for …

Laboratory models of post-traumatic stress disorder: The elusive bridge to translation

JE Dunsmoor, JM Cisler, GA Fonzo, SK Creech… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental illness composed of a
heterogeneous collection of symptom clusters. The unique nature of PTSD as arising from a …

Delivery of graphene oxide nanosheets modulates glutamate release and normalizes amygdala synaptic plasticity to improve anxiety-related behavior

E Pati, AF Biagioni, R Casani, N Lozano, K Kostarelos… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene oxide nanosheets (GO) were reported to alter neurobiological processes
involving cell membrane dynamics. GO ability to reversibly downregulate specifically …

Multiple factors contribute to flight behaviors during fear conditioning

T Furuyama, A Imayoshi, T Iyobe, M Ono, T Ishikawa… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Shifting defensive mode from one to another by the imminence of threat is crucial for
survival. The transition of defensive mode from freezing to flight is observed during the …

The neural circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying fear dysregulation in posttraumatic stress disorder

J Iqbal, GD Huang, YX Xue, M Yang… - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a stress-associated complex and debilitating
psychiatric disorder due to an imbalance of neurotransmitters in response to traumatic …

Integrating threat conditioning and the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology to advance the study of anxiety-related psychopathology.

SE Cooper, ER Perkins, RD Webler… - … and Clinical Science, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Theoretical and methodological research on threat conditioning provides important
neuroscience-informed approaches to studying fear and anxiety. The threat conditioning …

[HTML][HTML] Pattern differentiation and tuning shift in human sensory cortex underlie long-term threat memory

Y You, LR Novak, KJ Clancy, W Li - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The amygdala-prefrontal-cortex circuit has long occupied the center of the threat system, 1
but new evidence has rapidly amassed to implicate threat processing outside this canonical …

Sex-dependent fear memory impairment in cocaine-sired rat offspring

MT Rich, SJ Worobey, S Mankame, ZP Pang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Cocaine self-administration by male rats results in neuronal and behavioral alterations in
offspring, including responses to cocaine. Given the high degree of overlap between the …

Insulin-like growth factor I mitigates post-traumatic stress by inhibiting AMP-kinase in orexin neurons

ME Fernández de Sevilla, J Pignatelli… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Maladaptive coping behaviors are probably involved in post-traumatic stress disorders
(PTSD), but underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. We now report that mice …