The Neuroscience of Anxiety

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Across
  1. 3. Direction of endocannabinoid action.
  2. 4. Amygdala nucleus that consolidates fear memories.
  3. 8. Most abundant neurotransmitter.
  4. 10. Effect of neuropeptide Y.
  5. 11. Promotes secretion of ACTH.
  6. 12. Risk assessment in your jammies? (abbrv)
  7. 14. Makes fear conscious. (abbrv)
  8. 15. Amygdala nucleus that mediates freezing.
  9. 16. Part of the salience network.
  10. 18. Starts in the "blue spot."
  11. 20. NAc pathway.
  12. 21. Home to the paraventricular nucleus
  13. 23. NT. (And baby's first word.)
Down
  1. 1. Matrix built by the NIMH
  2. 2. Start of serotonin.
  3. 5. The most annoying unit of measurement.
  4. 6. Home of the basolateral complex.
  5. 7. Cornu ammonis
  6. 9. The end of a fear response. (And dinosaurs.)
  7. 12. Amygdala nucleus that connects the other two.
  8. 13. Cortical neighbor of the hippocampal formation.
  9. 17. Applies to both fear and anxiety.
  10. 19. Link between brain and adrenal glands.
  11. 22. Muppet comedian
  12. 24. Granule cells that don't grow on trees.