NIH Radio
Brain activity patterns in anxiety-prone people suggest deficits in handling fear – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Anxiety appears to be linked to the functioning of two key brain regions involved in fear and its suppression. Dr. Sonia Bishop of the University of California Berkeley helped design a recent study.
Bishop: We were interested in trying to look at people who were kind of highly vulnerable to see what’s different about the way in which these processes work in those individuals to try and understand the pathway into high risk anxiety disorders.
Narrator: The study suggests that engaging brain areas that help to suppress fear even when the source of fear is still present, may help to protect against anxiety disorders. For more information, visit www.nimh.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Contact Us
Send questions or comments to:
Joe Balintfy
NIH News Media Branch
NIHRadio@mail.nih.gov
301-435-7557
About NIH Radio
NIH Radio offers free audio news programs from the National Institutes of Health, your reliable source for health information.
All NIH Radio content is in the public domain and can be used without charge or restriction provided that it is not used to misrepresent our agency nor used to suggest we endorse any private organization, product, or service.
NIH Radio is a service of the Office of Communications & Public Liaison.
Social Media Links