Monday, November 4, 2013

Exposure Therapy Remodels Brain Region Linked With Fear

A new study published in the online of Neuron reveals that exposure therapy, which treats anxiety disorders by making the patient confront a fear or memory of a traumatic event in a safe environment remodels an inhibitory junction in the amygdala, a brain region linked with fear in humans and mice. The study, led by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts found that exposure therapy not ...

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