The circuit of fear

Pankaj Sah and R. Frederick Westbrook
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Pankaj Sah: Pankaj Sah is at the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia. pankaj.sah@uq.edu.au
R. Frederick Westbrook: R. Frederick Westbrook is in the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.

Nature, 2008, vol. 454, issue 7204, 589-590

Abstract: Do you find it difficult to overcome an irrational fear? Blame it on the specific neural circuits hardwired in the brain that control fear recognition, and fear renewal even when fear has seemingly been overcome.

Date: 2008
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