The stress neurotransmitter norepinephrine (noradrenaline) promotes fear processing in the brain by evoking a specific population of inhibitory neurons.
How Brain Processes Fear
Published recently in Nature Communications, the research was led by Tulane cell and molecular biology professor Jeffrey Tasker, the Catherine and Hunter Pierson Chair in Neuroscience, and his PhD student Xin Fu.
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Learn how to fight fear and anxiety in life naturally. These 10 sure-shot ways will help you cope with fear and get rid of feelings of anxiety.
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‘New research explores why the memory of fear is seared in brains.’
Tasker used the example of an armed robbery. “If you are held up at gunpoint, your brain secretes a bunch of the stress neurotransmitter norepinephrine, akin to an adrenaline rush,” he said. “This changes the electrical discharge pattern in specific circuits in your emotional brain, centered in the amygdala, which in turn transitions the brain to a state of heightened arousal that facilitates memory formation, fear memory, since it’s scary. This is the same process, we think, that goes awry in PTSD and makes it so you cannot forget traumatic experiences.”
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We have seen “strange” behavior in some people with whom we interact and we have been, often, baffled by their strangeness. Many of these individuals suffer from, what is commonly termed as, “phobias”. Let us take a look at some common phobias and try to understand the irrational fear gripping its sufferers.
We have seen “strange” behavior in some people with whom we interact and we have been, often, baffled by their strangeness. Many of these individuals suffer from, what is commonly termed as, “phobias”. Let us take a look at some common phobias and try to understand the irrational fear gripping its sufferers.
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