Enhanced amygdala and medial prefrontal
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Richard A. Bryant; Andrew H. Kemp; Kim L. Felmingham; Belinda Liddell; Gloria Ol
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Biological models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suggest that patients will display heightened amygdala but decreased medial prefrontal activity during processing of fear stimuli. However, a rapid and automatic alerting mechanism for responding to nonconscious signals of fear s