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    Oxytocin Modulation of Amygdala Functional Connectivity to Fearful Faces in Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder

    The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is thought to attenuate anxiety by dampening amygdala reactivity to threat in individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD). Because the brain is organized into ne...

    Stephanie M Gorka, Daniel A Fitzgerald, Izelle Labuschagne in Neuropsychopharmacology (2015)

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    Modulation of Resting-State Amygdala-Frontal Functional Connectivity by Oxytocin in Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder

    Generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD) is characterized by aberrant patterns of amygdala-frontal connectivity to social signals of threat and at rest. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) modulates anxiety, str...

    Sonam Dodhia, Avinash Hosanagar, Daniel A Fitzgerald in Neuropsychopharmacology (2014)