An acid-sensing channel sows fear and panic. Academic Article

abstract

• The amygdala is a brain region that coordinates fear responses to a variety of threats. Ziemann et al. (2009) now show that acid-sensing channels in the amygdala mediate fear responses that accompany inhalation of carbon dioxide, suggesting that aberrant chemosensation may underlie anxiety disorders associated with a fear of suffocation.

authors

• Maren, Stephen

published proceedings

• Cell

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Maren, S.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Maren, Stephen

publication date

• November 2009

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Cell  Journal

keywords

• Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• Amygdala
• Animals
• Anxiety Disorders
• Humans
• Mice
• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Sodium Channels

PubMed Central ID

• 19945375

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cell.2009.11.008

start page

• 867

end page

• 869

volume

• 139

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.11.008