It was suggested further that the two aversive statesmediated by the CeA and the BNST in rodents were reminiscentof fear and anxiety states in humans, respectively (Davis 1998).According to this view, fear is a response to a clearly identifiabledanger that subsides shortly after the offset of a threat cue.Anxiety is a more sustained form of general distress and anxiousapprehension in response to l