What is some of the biochemistry behind anxiety? by Connie b. Dellobuono
Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:
From Wiki:
Neural circuitry involving the amygdala (which regulates emotions like anxiety and fear, stimulating the HPA Axis and sympathetic nervous system) and hippocampus (which is implicated in emotional memory along with the amygdala) is thought to underlie anxiety.[45] People who suffer from anxiety tend to show high activity in response to emotional stimuli in the amygdala.[46] Some writers believe that excessive anxiety can lead to an overpotentiation of the limbic system (which includes the amygdala and nucleus accumbens), giving increased future anxiety, but this does not appear to have been proven.[47][48]
Research upon adolescents who as infants had been highly apprehensive, vigilant, and fearful finds that their nucleus accumbens is more sensitive than that in other people when deciding to make an action that determined whether they received a reward.[49] This suggests a link between circuits responsible for fear and also reward in anxious people. As researchers note, "a sense of 'responsibility', or self agency, in a context of uncertainty (probabilistic outcomes) drives the neural system underlying appetitive motivation (i.e., nucleus accumbens) more strongly in temperamentally inhibited than noninhibited adolescents".[49]
From http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309892/
Depression, anxiety disorders, and metabolic syndrome in a population at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Study data showed that in a high-risk group for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) , there is association between depressive disorders and metabolic syndrome (MetS), pointing to a similar role of anxiety disorders. Screening for anxiety and depression is recommended in this group at risk for T2DM.
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What is some of the biochemistry behind anxiety?
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Connie Dello Buono is based in Sunnyvale California. Her first ebook is about women's health, Birthing Ways Healing Ways and her recent one is about cancer prevention, Curated Healing Ways. She had helped women have holistic childbirth as childbirth educator, founded Motherhealth, to serve seniors in the bay area with holistic caregivers and blogs at www.clubalthea.com with more than 10,000 health and finance related posts.
Connie trains her own caregivers, which are the favorites of most bay area seniors who are home bound and alone.
She is active in the rehab and nursing facilities, volunteering on music and movement for seniors.
She is a member of Lion's club and offered scholarships to students in the Philippines.
She is active at churchinsunnyvale.us and has Fridays Bible home study in Sunnyvale using the recovery version of the Bible , free at biblesforamerica.us
She loves dancing and teaching and her courses can be found at
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She is California Life Insurance licensed providing life insurance for older adults with health issues and helping women retire safely with income for life.
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