Question

Carol is a 51 year-old woman who has struggled with excessive worry for most of her adult life. If her brain activity is consistent with generalized anxiety disorder, what would we expect to see in her prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex? O hypoactivity with reduced inhibition and excitation from areas like the amygdala O hyperactivity with reduced inhibition and excitation from areas like the amygdala O hyperactivity with increased inhibition of other areas like the amygdala O hypoactivity with reduced inhibition of other areas like the amygdala

Answer 1

Overactivity (hyperactivity) can be observed in patients who have GAD due to decreased inhibitory neurotransmission & increased excitatory neurotransmission.

===> ANSWER: hyperactivity with reduced inhibition and excitation from areas like amygdala.