Fear and panic in humans with bilateral amygdala damage
Adult
Fear
Carbon Dioxide
Middle Aged
Amygdala
Panic
Article
Facial Expression
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe
Panic Disorder
Female
DOI:
10.1038/nn.3323
Publication Date:
2013-02-04T11:54:18Z
AUTHORS (9)
ABSTRACT
Decades of research have highlighted the amygdala's influential role in fear. We found that inhalation of 35% CO(2) evoked not only fear, but also panic attacks, in three rare patients with bilateral amygdala damage. These results indicate that the amygdala is not required for fear and panic, and make an important distinction between fear triggered by external threats from the environment versus fear triggered internally by CO(2).
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