Cerebral correlates of anticipated fear: A PET study of specific phobia

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 267-276

  Wik, Gustav ^a,c   Fredrikson, Mats ^b   Fischer, Håkan ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Experimental Audiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Lateral geniculate nucleus; PET; Phobia; rCBF; Signal modulation; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030295104     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459609070845     Document Type: Article

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