Response to Threat (IMAGE)

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Response to Threat

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Across studies, shock anticipation (threat vs. safe cues; B+C) was associated with greater activity in the bilateral BNST whereas shock confrontation was linked to higher bilateral amygdala activity (D+E).

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Klumpers et al., The Journal of Neuroscience (2017)

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