THE BEST SIDE OF HOW UNCERTAINITY CAUSES ANXIETY IN OUR LIVES

Investigations in rodents and humans have determined a ventral PFC–amygdala circuit linked to learning about and responding to protection in possibly threatening contexts (Figure 1C). In rats, electrical stimulation with the infralimbic cortex lessens the expression of amygdala-mediated conditioned dread responses96, and inactivation of this regi