Figure 1. Heightened fear and panic to 35% CO2 in three rare lesion patients with focal bilateral amygdala damage.
(Feinstein et al., 2013). The amygdala is highlighted by red-dashed circles on the MRI scans in the top panel. A single vital capacity inhalation of 35% CO2 triggered a panic attack in all of the patients with amygdala damage (A), as well as significantly higher levels of self-reported fear (B) and panic (C), and a significantly higher rate of respiration (D). *p < .05; error bars represent the standard error of the mean. VAS, visual analogue scale.