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Serotonin transporter gene variation impacts innate fear processing: Acoustic startle response and emotional startle.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Dec 2006
Brocke B, Armbruster D, Muller J, Hensch T, Jacob C P, Lesch K-P, Kirschbaum C, Strobel A
Abstract excerpt
Anxiety-related behaviors are closely linked to neural circuits relaying fear-specific information to the amygdala. Many of these circuits, like those underlying processing of innate fear, are remarkably well understood. Recent imaging studies have contributed to this knowledge by discriminating more detailed corticoamygdalar associations mediating processing fear and anxiety. However, little is known about the...
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