Patterns of regional brain activity differentiate types of anxiety

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 376-385

  Heller, Wendy ^a   Nitschke, Jack B ^a   Etienne, Marci A ^a   Miller, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC;

EID: 0030745726     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.3.376     Document Type: Article

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