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SUBMITTER: Hauner KK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3384187 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hauner Katherina K KK Mineka Susan S Voss Joel L JL Paller Ken A KA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120523 23
A single session of exposure therapy can eliminate recalcitrant and disabling fear of phobogenic objects or situations. We studied neural mechanisms of this remarkable outcome by monitoring changes in brain activity as a result of successful 2-h treatment. Before treatment, phobogenic images excited activity in a network of regions, including amygdala, insula, and cingulate cortex, relative to neutral images. Successful therapy dampened responsiveness in this fear-sensitive network while concomi ...[more]