by Siri Kabrick, Mayo Clinic Credit: Kelvin Valerio from Pexels Having occasional feelings of anxiety is a normal part of life, but people with anxiety disorders experience frequent and excessive anxiety, fear, terror and panic in everyday situations. These feelings are unhealthy if they affect your quality of life and prevent you from functioning normally. Common...
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Anxiety disorder: Abnormal heart-brain connection identified
A recent investigation provides new insight into generalized anxiety disorder. Natalie JEFFCOTT/Stocksy Individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) experience excessive anxiety during everyday life. GAD is one of the most difficult anxiety disorders to treat. A new study investigates the role of the autonomic nervous system and interoception — a sense of the internal state of the...
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First brain marker for an anxiety disorder discovered
by University of Otago Figure 1. Predicted GCSR difference in high anxiety cases. (a) Average GCSR over three classes of anxiolytic drug (ANX, N = 26) compared with placebo (PLA, N = 8). Data are from the same participants as we reported previously39, but with different analysis parameters matching those of the current paper and with...