Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms

DA Bangasser, A Cuarenta - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Epidemiological sex differences in anxiety disorders and major depression are well
characterized. Yet the circuits and mechanisms that contribute to these differences are …

The role of associative fear and avoidance learning in anxiety disorders: Gaps and directions for future research

A Pittig, M Treanor, RT LeBeau, MG Craske - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders and are often chronic and
disabling. Although exposure-based treatments are effective, a substantial number of …

Optimizing exposure therapy with an inhibitory retrieval approach and the OptEx Nexus

MG Craske, M Treanor, TD Zbozinek… - Behaviour Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research from recent decades has highlighted the distinction between excitatory and
inhibitory Pavlovian learning mechanisms. Based on this distinction, state-of-the-art …

Prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and threat processing: implications for PTSD

M Alexandra Kredlow, RJ Fenster, ES Laurent… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Posttraumatic stress disorder can be viewed as a disorder of fear dysregulation. An
abundance of research suggests that the prefrontal cortex is central to fear processing—that …

Network mechanisms of clinical response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder

NS Philip, J Barredo, M van't Wout-Frank, AR Tyrka… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy can modulate
pathological neural network functional connectivity in major depressive disorder (MDD) …

How processing of sensory information from the internal and external worlds shape the perception and engagement with the world in the aftermath of trauma …

S Harricharan, MC McKinnon, RA Lanius - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is triggered by an individual experiencing or
witnessing a traumatic event, often precipitating persistent flashbacks and severe anxiety …

Single-prolonged stress: a review of two decades of progress in a rodent model of post-traumatic stress disorder

MJ Lisieski, AL Eagle, AC Conti, I Liberzon… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, costly, and often debilitating psychiatric
condition. However, the biological mechanisms underlying this disease are still largely …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the endocannabinoid system in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A promising case of preclinical-clinical translation?

LM Mayo, CA Rabinak, MN Hill, M Heilig - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid (eCB) system is one the most ubiquitous signaling systems of the
brain and offers a rich pharmacology including multiple druggable targets. Preclinical …

Closing the loop between brain and electrical stimulation: towards precision neuromodulation treatments

G Soleimani, MA Nitsche, TO Bergmann… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
One of the most critical challenges in using noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques
for the treatment of psychiatric and neurologic disorders is inter-and intra-individual …

Glucocorticoids and hippocampal structure and function in PTSD

PR Szeszko, A Lehrner, R Yehuda - Harvard review of psychiatry, 2018 - journals.lww.com
This review examines the putative link between glucocorticoid and hippocampal
abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Increased glucocorticoid receptor …