Several lines of evidence suggest that the amygdala and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
(BNST) are differentially involved in phasic and sustained fear. Even though, results from …

Feelings of uncontrollability and anxiety regarding possibly harmful events are key features
of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. Due to a lack of studies, the …

Background Despite considerable effort, the neurobiological underpinnings of hyper-responsive
threat processing specific to patients suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) …

Sustained anticipatory anxiety is central to Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). During
anticipatory anxiety, phasic threat responding appears to be mediated by the amygdala, while …

An influential framework suggests that the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) is involved
in phasic responses to threat, while the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) mediates …

Anticipation of potentially threatening social situations is a key process in social anxiety
disorder (SAD). In other anxiety disorders, recent research of neural correlates of anticipation of …

Unintentional and uncontrollable processing of threat has been suggested to contribute to
the pathology of social anxiety disorder (SAD). The present study investigated the neural …

Background: Increased automatic processing of threat-related stimuli has been proposed as
a key element in panic disorder. Little is known about the neural basis of automatic …

Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia differs from other subtypes of specific phobia in that it is
associated with elevated disgust-sensitivity as well as specific autonomic and brain responses …

For several stimulus categories (eg, pictures, odors, and words), the arousal of both
negative and positive stimuli has been shown to modulate amygdalar activation. In contrast, …