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ReviewAlpha psychiatry2025

Fear Circuits in Panic Disorder: An Update.

Peter Kyriakoulis, Rafael Christophe da Rocha Freire

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Review in Alpha psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Peter KyriakoulisDepartment of Psychiatry, Positive Psychology Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3931, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6424-6179
Rafael Christophe da Rocha FreireDepartment of Psychiatry and Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University Kingston, Kingston, ON K7L 4X3, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-4601

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Findings from animal models have been instrumental in elucidating the mechanisms and etiology of panic disorder (PD); nonetheless, several aspects of its neurobiological underpinnings remain to be fully clarified. This review aims to consolidate current understanding and recent advances in the neuroanatomical and pathophysiological basis of PD. Method: A narrative review was conducted, drawing on recent literature addressing the neurobiology and neuroanatomy of PD, with a particular focus on fear circuits as elucidated by both preclinical and clinical studies. Results: This updated review further delineates the fear circuitry implicated in PD, emphasizing the roles of the amygdala, thalamus, hippocampus, insula, and prefrontal cortex in the mediation of pathological fear responses. Conclusion: Continued research involving human populations is essential to refine current models of fear circuitry in PD. Such efforts may yield critical insights that support the development of evidence-based therapeutic strategies aimed at re-establishing disrupted homeostatic processes that have been disrupted by the activation of the brain's fear circuitry.

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anxiety disorderfear circuitryneurobiologyneuropathology and neurophysiologypanic disorder

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PMID40630890
PMCPMC12231371

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