The Uncinate Fasciculus in Anxiety Disorders: A Potential Treatment Target?

Anxiety disorders, the most prevalent class of pediatric mental disorders, are viewed as conditions of abnormal threat processing. The circuitry engaged by threats in a range of mammalian species encompasses the amygdala and its connections to the ventral prefrontal cortex, insula, and hippocampus. Thus, this circuitry can be targeted in translational research. Cross-species translational research is crucial for psychiatry given the inaccessibility of the human brain to many research techniques.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Early Career Investigator Commentary Source Type: research