Dennis S. Charney

Functional connectivity of the locus coeruleus in anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder reveals convergent mapping to the cingulate cortex and insula using ultra-high field 7 Tesla MRI

Abstract Cortical and subcortical correlates of anxiety and stress disorders have been well defined over recent decades. However, the role of the locus coeruleus (LC), which is responsible for synthesizing and releasing a majority of the brains’ norepinephrine, has been less wide...