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Extreme early-life anxiety is associated with an evolutionarily conserved reduction in the strength of intrinsic functional connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the central nucleus of the amygdala

Alexander, PhD, A., R. J. Davidson, PhD, and N. H. Kalin, MD. Extreme Early-Life Anxiety Is Associated With an Evolutionarily Conserved Reduction in the Strength of Intrinsic Functional Connectivity Between the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala.

Birn RM, Shackman AJ, Oler JA, Williams LE, McFarlin DR, Rogers GM, Shelton SE, Alexander AL, Pine DS, Slattery MJ, Davidson RJ, Fox AS, Kalin NH. (2014) Extreme early-life anxiety is associated with an evolutionarily conserved reduction in the strength of intrinsic functional connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the central nucleus of the amygdala. Molecular Psychiatry. 19(8):853.