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Functional states associated with vmPFC-activity
| Increased activity: | Decreased activity: |
| Rest, sleep | Low intense motor activity |
| Elevated parasympathetic activity | Posttraumatic stress disorder |
| Lowered sympathetic activity | Depressive Disorder |
| Suppression of negative emotional signal | |
| Extinction of previously fearfully conditioned stimuli | |
| Controllability over stressful situation | |
