Background Neurofunctional changes underlying effective antianxiety treatments are
incompletely characterized. This study explored the effects of citalopram and cognitive-behavioral …

OBJECTIVE: The central nervous system representation of social phobia (social anxiety
disorder) is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine brain activity during symptom …

Patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) show altered cognitive and
affective processing and symptomatic responding following exposure to trauma reminders. …

Placebo may yield beneficial effects that are indistinguishable from those of active medication,
but the factors underlying proneness to respond to placebo are widely unknown. Here, we …

The human startle response is modulated by emotional experiences, with startle potentiation
associated with negative affect. We used positron emission tomography with 15 O‐water to …

This study investigated the effects of anxiety on nonverbal aspects of speech using data
collected in the framework of a large study of social phobia treatment. The speech of social …

The objective was to study effects of fear on brain activity, functional connectivity and brain-behavior
relationships during symptom provocation in subjects with specific phobia. Positron …

We report positron emission tomographic measurements of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF)
in a male patient with war and torture related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine test performance on a cross-cultural
neuropsychological test battery for assessment of middle-aged and elderly ethnic minority and …

The amygdala is a key structure in the pathophysiology of anxiety disorders, and a putative
target for anxiolytic treatments. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and placebo …