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The anxious amygdala: CREB signaling and predisposition to anxiety and alcoholism.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Oct 2005
Wand Gary
Abstract excerpt
The amygdala is believed to play a key role in assigning emotional significance to specific sensory input, and conditions such as anxiety, autism, stress, and phobias are thought to be linked to its abnormal function. Growing evidence has also implicated the amygdala in mediation of the stress-dampening properties of alcohol. In this issue of the JCI, Pandey and colleagues identify a central amygdaloid signaling...
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