由美国得州大学药理学、病理学教授帕特克·加乐带领的研究小组撰文称，他们已找到人脑中恐惧发生的位置。这一发现表明，人类有望不久即可研制出新一代控制恐惧的药物。　　在这项具有突破性的研究中，研究小组发现，恐惧产生于大脑脑厌质颞页前部扁桃核神经细胞的中间部位， The research team led by Patek Galle, professor of pharmacology and pathology at Texas University, wrote that they have found where fears occur in the human brain. This discovery shows that it is hopeful that humankind will soon be able to develop a new generation of drugs that control fear. In this groundbreaking study, the team found that fear arises from the middle of the amygdala nerve cells in the anterior part of the brain’s dysphobic spine.