Startle reflex and emotion modulation impairment after a right amygdala lesion

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1991-2000

  Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,e   Mauri, Alessandra ^b   Palomba, Daniela ^a   Flor, Herta ^d   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,c   Sartori, Giuseppe ^a   Di Paola, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Right hemisphere; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030476868     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.6.1991     Document Type: Article

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