Towards a mechanistic understanding of pathological anxiety: the dorsal medial prefrontal-amygdala 'aversive amplification' circuit in unmedicated generalized and social anxiety disorders.

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  2014

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  Lancet psychiatry

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  Medicine, Psychology

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