Pharmacology 3620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Belize Dollar, Amygdala, Serotonergic
25 Apr 2018
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Valuable as it prepares us to deal with a potential threat. Problem is when anxiety is so heighten that you have disfunction. This can takes the form of 2 basic emotions: fear and anxiety. Emotion which prepares us to respond to an immediate threat by actions of fight or flight. Diffused emotion that involves perception of less immediate (future) consequences of a situation in the environment. I. e. uncertainty, unknowing or ignorance of a future scenario. Inappropriate behaviour in response to threats that are either not real or the behavior is disproportionate to the situation. Unable to cope with a situation that you are suppose to cope with. No well defined neurobiological correlation to anxiety. Most knowledge is derived from successful or failed therapeutics. No reason to feel panic but you panic. Some people believe that it has ties with schizophrenia. Several lines of evidence suggested that this is not so.
