The brain mechanisms for learned safety [ 2018 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Gavan McNally (Principal investigator) ,  Dr John Power ,  Prof Rick Richardson

Brief description A core feature of clinical anxiety is the inability to learn about safety and suppress fear. Impaired safety learning underpins excessive fear responding, overgeneralisation of fear, as well as treatment resistance in clinical anxiety. Very little is known about the brain mechanisms for learned safety. This project maps and manipulates these mechanisms to lay the basic science foundation for the next generation of treatments of anxiety.

Funding Amount $559,428.00

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant