Mom-it helps when you're right here! Attenuation of neural stress markers in anxious youths whose caregivers are present during fMRI.

Close proximity to an attachment figure, such as a caregiver, has been shown to attenuate threat-related activity in limbic regions such as the hypothalamus in healthy individuals. We hypothesized that such features might be similarly attenuated by proximity during a potentially stressful situation...

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Main Authors: Olivia L Conner, Greg J Siegle, Ashley M McFarland, Jennifer S Silk, Cecile D Ladouceur, Ronald E Dahl, James A Coan, Neal D Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3517514?pdf=render