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The phobic brain: white matter integrity in patients with spider phobia
DOI 10.1055/s-0031-1272781
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Autor:innenM.S. Fisler, A. Federspiel, H. Horn, T. Dierks, W. Schmitt, R. Wiest, D.J.F. de Quervain, L.M. Soravia
ZeitschriftKlinische Neurophysiologie
Ausgabe03/2011
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Spider phobia is characterized by excessive and unreasonable fear and avoidance-behaviour when exposed to a phobic stimulus. Previous research suggests that visually elicited phobic reactions deactivate prefrontal areas involved in cognitive control over emotion-triggering areas like the amygdala. The fear mechanisms in specific phobias could be explained by microstructural abnormalities in white matter integrity an…
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M.S. Fisler, A. Federspiel, H. Horn, T. Dierks, W. Schmitt, R. Wiest, D.J.F. de Quervain, L.M. Soravia (2011) The phobic brain: white matter integrity in patients with spider phobia. Klinische Neurophysiologie (03). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1272781
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