Binks S, Chan D, Medford N
a Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Sussex County Hospital , Eastern Road, Brighton , BN2 5BE , UK.
Neurocase. 2015 Feb;21(1):79-84. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2013.873056. Epub 2014 Jan 27.
Numerous imaging studies have confirmed the amygdala as prominent within a neural network mediating specific phobia, including arachnophobia. We report the case of a patient in whom arachnophobia was abolished after left temporal mesial lobectomy, with unchanged fear responses to other stimuli. The phenomenon of abolition of specific phobia after amygdala removal has not, to our knowledge, been previously reported.
众多影像学研究已证实杏仁核在介导特定恐惧症（包括恐蛛症）的神经网络中十分突出。我们报告了一例患者，该患者在接受左颞叶内侧叶切除术后恐蛛症消失，而对其他刺激的恐惧反应未变。据我们所知，此前尚未报道过切除杏仁核后特定恐惧症消失的现象。
