Fear generalization and anxiety: behavioral and neural mechanisms

JE Dunsmoor, R Paz - Biological psychiatry, 2015 - Elsevier
Fear can be an adaptive emotion that helps defend against potential danger. Classical
conditioning models elegantly describe how animals learn which stimuli in the environment …

Fear generalization in humans: systematic review and implications for anxiety disorder research

S Dymond, JE Dunsmoor, B Vervliet, B Roche… - Behavior therapy, 2015 - Elsevier
Fear generalization, in which conditioned fear responses generalize or spread to related
stimuli, is a defining feature of anxiety disorders. The behavioral consequences of …

Neural signatures of human fear conditioning: an updated and extended meta-analysis of fMRI studies

MA Fullana, BJ Harrison, C Soriano-Mas… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
Classical Pavlovian fear conditioning remains the most widely employed experimental
model of fear and anxiety, and continues to inform contemporary pathophysiological …

Context processing and the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder

I Liberzon, JL Abelson - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Progress in clinical and affective neuroscience is redefining psychiatric illness as
symptomatic expression of cellular/molecular dysfunctions in specific brain circuits. Post …

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 …

Post-traumatic stress symptoms in COVID-19 survivors: a self-report and brain imaging follow-up study

Y Tu, Y Zhang, Y Li, Q Zhao, Y Bi, X Lu, Y Kong… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Previous coronavirus pandemics were associated elevated post-traumatic stress symptoms
(PTSS), but the self-report and neurological basis of PTSS in patients who survived …

The neurobiology of fear generalization

A Asok, ER Kandel, JB Rayman - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The generalization of fear memories is an adaptive neurobiological process that promotes
survival in complex and dynamic environments. When confronted with a potential threat, an …

Neural substrates of overgeneralized conditioned fear in PTSD

AN Kaczkurkin, PC Burton, SM Chazin… - American journal of …, 2017 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Heightened generalization of fear from an aversively reinforced conditioned
stimulus (CS+, a conditioned danger cue) to resembling stimuli is widely accepted as a …

Extending the amygdala in theories of threat processing

AS Fox, JA Oler, DPM Tromp, JL Fudge… - Trends in neurosciences, 2015 - cell.com
The central extended amygdala is an evolutionarily conserved set of interconnected brain
regions that play an important role in threat processing to promote survival. Two core …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging measurement of structural volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder

DCM O'Doherty, KM Chitty, S Saddiqui… - Psychiatry Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition associated with mild to
moderate cognitive impairment and with a prevalence rate of up to 22% in veterans. This …