Exposure therapy, D-cycloserine, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with snake phobia: a randomized pilot study.
Nave AM, Tolin DF, Stevens MC. Exposure therapy, D-cycloserine, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with snake phobia: a randomized pilot study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2012, 73: 1179-86. PMID: 23059145, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.11m07564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure therapyD-cycloserinePhobic stimuliSnake phobiaFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) taskRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal brain activationPrefrontal cortex responsesD-cycloserine augmentationAnterior cingulate activationFunctional magnetic resonanceDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHuman brain functionDifferent neural pathwaysFear extinctionSnake stimuliExposure hierarchyNeural substratesBrain activationCingulate activationNeural responsesEmotional learningPrefrontal cortexCortex responsesPerigenual cingulate