The consequences of stress on the brain and fear

2025/08/06 by Nicole C. Ferrara, Sydney Trask · 1 voice · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Stress Responses and Cortisol #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

paper · doi:10.7554/elife.108480

Abstract

A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.

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