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  1. May 17, 2013 · The precise impact of anxiety on cognition is, however, unclear. In this narrative review we focus on an emerging, translational, within-subjects state anxiety induction method—threat of unpredictable electrical shock—which may help quantify the impact of anxiety on cognition.

  2. Mar 11, 2020 · Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption is a common feature in many psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety. Stress hormones, such as cortisol, play a key modulatory role in sleep.

  3. Generalized anxiety disorder can have negative effects on many brain structures and functions including cognition, changing the way we think. For one, it biases the brain toward...

  4. Aug 13, 2019 · First, we review studies on divergent circuits of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) underlying emotional valence processing and anxiety-like behaviors, and how norepinephrine inputs from the locus coeruleus (LC) to the BLA are responsible for acute-stress induced anxiety.

    • Nuria Daviu, Michael R. Bruchas, Bita Moghaddam, Carmen Sandi, Anna Beyeler
    • 10.1016/j.ynstr.2019.100191
    • 2019
    • Neurobiol Stress. 2019 Nov; 11: 100191.
  5. Nov 29, 2018 · What is happening in the brain to magnify these infrequent threats? There seems to be an imbalance between the emotional and thinking inhibitory parts of the brain.

  6. The seat of worry is the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure beside the hippocampus that is associated with emotional responses such as fear and anxiety. “It's the heart and soul of the [nervous] system—it detects a dangerous situation and causes you to react,” says Joseph LeDoux, PhD, an endowed professor of science at NYU, who has ...

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  8. Jan 13, 2022 · Stress can have both short- and long-term effects on the brain. It all starts with your amygdala and stress response, commonly called fight, flight, or freeze responses — a reaction to an acute,...

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