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Conflicting information regarding amygdala size and anxiety
Smaller amygdala is associated with anxiety in patients with panic disorder http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01960.x/epdf
A smaller amygdala is associated with anxiety in Parkinson's disease: a combined FreeSurfer-VBM study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25986365