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Heightened extended amygdala metabolism following threat characterizes the early phenotypic risk to develop anxiety-related psychopathology.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 May 2017
Shackman A J, Fox A S, Oler J A, Shelton S E, Oakes T R, Davidson R J, Kalin N H
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Children with an anxious temperament are prone to heightened shyness and behavioral inhibition (BI). When chronic and extreme, this anxious, inhibited phenotype is an important early-life risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders, depression and co-morbid substance abuse. Individuals with extreme anxious temperament often show persistent distress in the absence of immediate threat and this contextually...
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