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Neural mechanisms underlying heterogeneity in the presentation of anxious temperament.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Apr 2013
Shackman Alexander J, Fox Andrew S, Oler Jonathan A, Shelton Steven E, Davidson Richard J, Kalin Ned H
Abstract excerpt
Children with an anxious temperament (AT) are at risk for developing psychiatric disorders along the internalizing spectrum, including anxiety and depression. Like these disorders, AT is a multidimensional phenotype and children with extreme anxiety show varying mixtures of physiological, behavioral, and other symptoms. Using a well-validated juvenile monkey model of AT, we addressed the degree to which this...
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